Registering a dr series system – Dell PowerVault DR2000v User Manual

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9.

Click Dashboard in the navigation panel.
The DR Series system main window consists of the following components:

Navigation panel

System Status bar

System Information pane

Command bar

Your login username is displayed at the top of the page. If you are logged in as a domain user, the domain is
displayed in the format of domain\username. (You can only log in as a domain user after configuring Login Groups
under Active Directory. This is a requirement for using Global View.)

NOTE: You can display the Help system documentation by clicking Help, or log out of the system by clicking Log

out at the top right of any page.

NOTE: When logged in, a Logout Confirmation dialog is displayed after 45 minutes of non-use. This dialog displays

for 30 seconds before the DR Series system performs a forced timeout. Click Continue to reset the 45-minute

logout timer. If you do not click Continue before the 30-second interval elapses, the DR Series system logs you out.

You must log in again to resume using the DR Series system features and GUI.

Registering a DR Series System

Before you can start using the DR Series system using its graphical user interface (GUI) for the first time, you must

properly register the system with Dell by completing the Customer Registration and Notification page. The Customer

Registration and Notification page is displayed when you initially log into a DR Series system using a web interface

connection, and it consists of the following text boxes and check boxes in the Settings pane:

Contact Name

Relay Host

Email Address

Notify me of [DR Series] appliance alerts. If this check box is selected, you are notified of all warning and critical

severity system alerts, which are the types that may require user action. For more information, see

Displaying

System Alerts

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Notify me of [DR Series] software updates. If this check box is selected, you are notified by Dell about any new

system software upgrades or maintenance releases. For more information, see

Software Upgrade Page and Options

.

Notify me of [DR Series] daily container stats reports. If this check box is selected, you are notified by Dell about

your container statistics on a daily basis. For more information, see

Displaying Container Statistics

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Don't show me this again

To register a DR Series system:

1.

In Contact Name, enter the name of the DR Series system contact.

2.

In Relay Host, enter the hostname or IP address for the DR Series system email relay host.

3.

In Email Address, enter an email address for the system contact.

4.

To be notified about DR Series system appliance alerts, select the Notify me of [DR Series] appliance alerts check

box.

5.

To be notified about DR Series system software updates, select the Notify me of [DR Series] software updates

check box.

6.

To be notified about DR Series system container statistics on a daily basis, select the Notify me of [DR Series] daily

container stats reports check box.

7.

To not display the Customer Registration and Notification page again, select the Don't show me this again check

box.

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