
Prompt | Description |
IP address | Network address for the Ethernet 0 network interface. |
Netmask | Combines with the IP address to identify the subnet on which the Ethernet 0 network interface resides. |
Default | Network address for the device used to connect subnets and forward network traffic beyond the local |
gateway | network. A default gateway is used to allow the Ethernet 0 network interface to communicate outside |
| the local network (for example, to allow access to volumes from computers outside the local network). |
| NOTE: The default gateway must be on the same subnet as the Ethernet 0 network interface. |
RAID policy | RAID policy configured on the first member of the group: |
–RAID 10 — Striping on top of multiple RAID 1 (mirrored) sets, with one or two spare disks.
–RAID 10 provides good performance for random writes, in addition to the highest availability.
–RAID 50 — Striping on top of multiple RAID 5
–RAID 5 — One RAID 5 set, with one spare disk. RAID 5 is similar to RAID 50, with more capacity (two additional disks) but lower availability and performance.
–RAID 6 — Of the total number of disks installed in the array, two disks are used for parity and one disk is a spare. The remainder are data disks.
Group Configuration
Prompt | Description |
Group name | Unique name (up to 63 letters, numbers, or hyphens) used to identify the group. The first |
| character must be a letter or number. |
Group IP address | Network address for the group. The group IP address is used for group administration and |
| for discovery of the resources (i.e. volumes). Access to the resources is through a physical |
| port IP address. |
Password for managing | Password required when adding members to the group. The password must have 3 to 16 |
group membership | alphanumeric characters and is |
Password for the default | Password that overrides the |
group administration | account. The password must have 3 to 16 alphanumeric characters and is |
account |
|
Microsoft service user | CHAP user name and password used to enable Microsoft service (VSS or VDS) access to |
name and password | the group. The user name must have between 3 and 54 alphanumeric characters. The |
| password must have 12 to 16 alphanumeric characters, and is |
| Microsoft services running on a computer must be allowed access to the group in order to |
| create VSS snapshots in the group or use VDS. |
Initializing An Array And Creating A Group
1.Start the Remote Setup Wizard.
2.In the Welcome dialog box, select Initialize a PS Series array, and click Next. A list of arrays is displayed in the Select an Array to Initialize dialog box.
3.Select an array and click Details to display details, including the serial number and MAC address.
4.Select the array you want to initialize and click Next.
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