Configuring the dr series system settings, Configuring networking settings, 4 configuring the dr series system settings – Dell PowerVault DR2000v User Manual

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Configuring the DR Series System Settings

This topic introduces the concept that before you can run any DR Series system operations, you first need to understand
the following key tasks:

How to initialize the system

How to shut down or reboot the system

How to manage the system password

Initializing the DR Series system requires that you configure and manage a number of very important system settings.

NOTE: Dell recommends that you use the Initial System Configuration Wizard to configure your DR Series system.

Changing some of the system settings using the DR Series system GUI (such as bonding, MTU, hostname, IP

address, and DNS) can cause issues that may affect your DR Series system GUI access.

For more information about initializing the system, see

Initializing the DR Series System

.

For more information about shutting down or rebooting the system, see

Shutting Down the DR Series System

and

Rebooting the DR Series System

.

For more information about managing the system password, see

Managing the DR Series System Password

.

Configuring Networking Settings

You can configure the networking settings that were configured using the Initial System Configuration Wizard process

for the DR Series system in the following tabs:

NOTE: For the Ethernet port settings on the NICs, this example only shows Eth0 and Eth1 (depending upon your

system configuration, you could have NICs configured with Ethernet port settings in the Eth0–Eth5 range). The

DR4000 system supports up to four 1–GbE ports or up to two 10–GbE ports, while the DR4100/DR6000 system

supports up to six 1–GbE or up to two 10–GbE ports. DR2000v suppports two 1–GbE ports. For more information,

see

Local Console Connection

.

Hostname

– Hostname (FQDN)
– iDRAC IP Address

DNS

– Domain Suffix
– Primary DNS
– Secondary DNS

Interfaces

– Device
– Mode
– MAC Address
– MTU (maximum transmission unit)

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