Dell PowerVault 735N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 10)

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figuration. The PowerVault NAS Manager home page displays a status indicator and
provides a link to the Messages page, which contains details about logged events.
You can access the Terminal Services Advanced Client from the PowerVault NAS
Manager to perform tasks not available directly through the PowerVault NAS Man-
ager. See “Advanced Features” found later in this document for more information.
Basic Configuration
This section includes information to enable you get your system up and running. You
will set the basic configuration from another system that has a keyboard, monitor, and
mouse. After you set the basic configuration, you can use the PowerVault NAS Man-
ager to set passwords, local users, shares, and so on.
There are several ways to configure your system, depending on whether or not you
are using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP):
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If DHCP is installed, your system automatically configures the network settings.
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If DHCP is not installed, you can configure your system using a serial connection
or the PowerVault Kick-Start utility.
Configuring Your System With DHCP
When the system is powered on for the first time, it invokes the DHCP client to get
parameters (the Internet protocol (IP) address, gateway subnet mask, and domain
naming system (DNS) server address) from a DHCP system. The default system
name (“Dell
xxxxxxx ”, where xxxxxxx is the system’s service tag number) is entered
as the DNS server name. Connect to the system using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
or later by entering the system name in the Web browser.
NOTE: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 may be used only with Windows NT
®
4.0 with
Service Pack 4 or later. All other browsers are not supported.
If DHCP fails, you need to set the IP address, gateway subnet mask, and DNS server
using either a serial connection or the PowerVault Kick-Start utility.
You can configure the system using the PowerVault NAS Manager. PowerVault NAS
Manager is served on port 1278 and is accessed by the URL,
http://<
systemname | system_ipaddress >:1278, where systemname is the
DELL< service_tag >.
In a system without a DNS server, you can use Internet Explorer to search for the
default hostname of the system (“Dell
xxxxxxx ”, where xxxxxxx is the system’s ser-
vice tag number).
Configuring Your System Without DHCP
The following sections describe how to configure your system using a serial connec-
tion or the PowerVault Kick-Start utility.