Dell Compellent Series 40 User Manual

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Configuring a System via the Startup Wizard

2 MB: (Default) Recommended for most application needs.

512 KB: Appropriate for applications with high performance needs or environments
in which Replays are taken frequently under heavy I/O. Selecting this size reduces
the amount of space the System Manager can present to servers.

4 MB: Appropriate for systems that use a large amount of disk space with infrequent
Replays.

5 Prepare for Non-Redundant Storage: Non-redundant storage does not protect data in

the event of a disk failure. Non-redundant storage uses RAID 0. Select Prepare for
Non-Redundant Storage
only for data which is backed up in some other way.

6 Click Continue.

7 On the next window, click OK to confirm.

Step 5: Add Controller (dual-controller systems only)

The Add Controller step adds a second controller to a Storage Center.

Figure 7. Add Controller

If...

Then...

You are installing a second controller

Click Add Controller. The Controller Information dialog
appears. Go to

Controller IP Information on page 14

.

You are not installing a second controller
(you have a single-controller system)

Click Continue Setup. Go to

Step 6: Time Settings on

page 16

.

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