Dell PowerVault NX1950 User Manual

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After you have installed all the software components, reboot the system.

The Dell Storage Initialization Wizard launches automatically and walks you

through the device detection process. After the detection is complete and you

have exited the wizard, the PowerVault NX1950 Initial Configuration Tasks wizard

appears and prompts you to complete the setup of the PowerVault NX1950

storage systems.
Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 x64, Standard Edition

The Dell Storage Initialization wizard and firewall exceptions script is

installed along with the operating system. After installing the operating

system, the Dell Storage Initialization wizard is installed on your system and

runs automatically on every system reboot. Until the software required to

support the storage array is installed on your system and the PowerVault MD3000

solution is correctly cabled, an error message appears at powerup.

NOTE:

The Dell Storage Initialization wizard is not applicable for

Dell EqualLogic solution.

To restore the software required to support the storage arrays connected to

the PowerVault NX1950 systems, see Table 1-4.
Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 x64, Enterprise Edition—The

Dell Storage Initialization wizard and firewall exceptions batch script are not

installed after you reinstall the operating system. To download and execute

the latest firewall port exceptions batch script:

1 Go to the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
2 Click Drivers and Downloads.
3 In the Select a Product menu; select Product Type as PowerVault, Product

Model as NX1950, and then click Go.

4 Locate and download the firewall port exceptions batch file.
5 Execute the batch script to restore the Firewall exceptions required for the

PowerVault NX1950 cluster solutions.

To download the latest Dell Storage Initialization wizard see the Dell

Support website at support.dell.com.
To restore the software required to support the storage arrays connected to

the PowerVault NX1950 systems, see Table 1-3. You must download the

software and install them on the system.

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