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7.4 Network settings

To install a DS6000 in your environment you have to plan for the Ethernet infrastructure that the DS6000 has to be connected to. You have to provide some TCP/IP addresses and you need an Ethernet switch or some free ports on a existing switch (see Figure 7-1).

This following settings are required connect the DS6000 series to a network:

￿Controller card IP address

You must provide a dotted decimal address that you will assign to each storage server controller card in the DS6800. Since there are two controllers, you need two TCP/IP addresses.

￿DS Storage Manager IP address

You need another TCP/IP address for the computer where you run the DS Storage Manager.

￿Gateway

Provide the dotted decimal or symbolic name address of the gateway (for example, 9.123.123.123 or sanjosegate).

￿Subnet mask

Provide the dotted decimal address of the subnet (network) mask.

￿Primary domain name server (DNS)

Provide the Host name and IP address if you are using a domain name server.

￿Alternate domain name server (DNS)

You can optionally provide an alternate DNS.

￿Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) destination

Provide the host names or the dotted decimal addresses of the destinations that are to receive SNMP traps (for example, host.com or 9.123.123.123).

	DS Storage Manager software
Administrator accessing	on user provided
DS Storage Manager	DS management console

			IP-3
			User provided
			Ethernet switch
Internet	Intranet	IP-1	IP-2
		(server0)	(server1)
call home

DS6800

Figure 7-1 Network requirements for a DS6000 implementation

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