Dell PowerVault MD3000 User Manual

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Post-Installation Tasks

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Set a storage array
password.

To restrict unauthorized
access, MD Storage
Manager asks for a
password before changing
the configuration or
performing a destructive
operation

Case-sensitive password
that meets your security
standards

Set up alert notifications.

Set up e-mail alerts.
Set up SNMP alerts.

NOTE:

The Notification

Status line in the Summary
screen Status area shows if
alerts have been set for the
selected array.

To arrange to notify
individuals (by e-mail)
and/or storage
management stations (by
SNMP) when a storage
array component degrades
or fails, or an adverse
environmental condition
occurs

E-mail — Sender (sender’s
SMTP gateway and e-mail
address) and recipients
(fully qualified e-mail
addresses)

SNMP — (1)community
name, a known set of
storage management
stations, set by
administrator as an ASCII
string in the management
console (default: "public")
and (2) trap destination, IP
address or host name of a
management console
running an SNMP service

Table 4-1.

Initial Setup Tasks Dialog Box (continued)

Task

Purpose

Information Needed

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