Contents 3
Contents

1Introduction

The Boot Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Administrator User Name and Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Basic Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Configuring Your System With DHCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Configuring Your System Using a Serial Connection . . . . . . 1-4
Configuring Your System Using the Kick-Start Utility. . . . . 1-6
Disabling the Kick-Start Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

2NAS Manager

Basic Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Status Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
How To Find Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Using Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Managing Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Adding a Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Modifying Share Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Removing a Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Removing a Protocol From the Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Using the PowerVault Advanced Administration Menu . . . . . 2-7
Retrieving Your Service Tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8