Dell PowerVault NX1950 - Manual (Page 5)

Deployment Guide 5
This document provides information about the deployment tools on your
system and a general overview of the Microsoft ® Windows ® Unified Data
Storage Server 2003 x64 operating system. For information about cabling,
configuring, and localizing your Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950 storage
solution, see the Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Installation Guide.
For more information, see the operating system documentation located on the
Dell documentation website at www.dell.com/ostechsheets.
The following topics are discussed in this document:
• "Solution Overview" on page 5
• "Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 Operating System
Features" on page 7
• "PowerVault NX1950 Management Console" on page 9
• "Dell Storage Management Tools" on page 19
• "Restoring Your Operating System and the Dell Components" on page 21
NOTE: Throughout this document, PowerVault NX1950 storage system refers to the
individual storage unit and PowerVault NX1950 storage solution refers to the
configuration of the storage unit along with the storage arrays.
Solution Overview
The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution consists of either a single-node or a
multiple-node cluster configuration running the Windows Unified Data
Storage Server 2003 operating system. The solution is configured from Dell
for either a PowerVault MD3000 storage array (integrated solution), a
Dell|EMC storage array (Dell|EMC Storage Area Network [SAN] gateway
solution) or a Dell EqualLogic storage array (Dell EqualLogic iSCSI Storage
Area Network [SAN] gateway solution). The solution is pre-configured with
the operating system and the required software. Minimal configuration steps
are required to complete the setup of the solution.
NOTE: The default Administrator password for your system is storageserver.
Figure 1-1 illustrates the components of the integrated solution and the SAN
gateway solutions. Table 1-1 lists the supported software components for
Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003.