Dell PowerVault DR6000 - Manual (Page 5)

5 Configuring Direct-Connect between a
DR Series System and Backup Media Server | October 2014
1 Direct connect a DR Series system (with firmware version
2.1 or later) to a backup media server
If the DR Series Appliance has a firmware version of 2.1 or later, you can directly connect this DR Series
system to a backup media server by completing the following steps.
1. On the DR Series system, connect all 1Gbps NIC ports to switch.
2. On the DR Series system, connect one single 10Gbps NIC port directly to media server 10Gbps
NIC port.
3. On the DR Series Appliance Command Line Interface (CLI), run the following command and
reboot the appliance after the command has completed:
network --factory_reset --auto_bonding_speed 1G
This command enables all 1Gbps NIC ports to form bond0, which will be used for management
and replication traffic. After the appliance reboots, this bonded interface needs to be configured
with networking. This bonded interface will need to be configured with a default gateway, so the
DR Series Appliance can fully function with all network services.
4. Using the DR Series system command line interface (CLI), run the following command to identify
which 10Gbps NIC port is used for connecting to the media server:
network --blink --nwif ethM --time N
This will blink the ethM port for N seconds
5. Using the DR Series system CLI, run the following command to configure the 10Gbps port, so that
this port is on the same subnet as the connected 10Gbps port on the media server:
network --create_eth --nwif ethM --static --mtu
[MTU_SIZE_sameSubnet_asMediaServer10G] --ip
[IP_sameSubnet_asMediaServer10G] --netmask
[netMask_samSubnet_asMediaServer10G] --restart
6. On the media server, configure the backup storage device using the static IP of the DR Series
system 10Gbps interface, and run a test backup to verify the configuration.