Start utility. see, Configuring your system, Using the kick-start utility – Dell PowerVault 725N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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6.

 

Enter the default administrator user name and password for your system when prompted, and then click OK.

7.

 

Use the NAS Manager to begin setting up shares and volumes on the NAS system.

See "

NAS Manager

."

Configuring Your System Using a Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse

1.

 

Connect one end of the power cable to the NAS system and the other end to an electrical outlet, and verify that the power LED is green.

2.

 

Connect a keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the NAS system.

For information about system connectors, see your User's Guide.

3.

 

Push the power button to turn on the NAS system.

4.

 

Log in to the NAS system.

5.

 

If the PowerVault Advanced Administration Menu appears, click Exit.

6.

 

Right-click Network Places and select Properties.

7.

 

Right-click Local Area Connection for the NIC that you will use to connect the NAS system to the network.

8.

 

In the Local Area Connection Properties window, click TCP/IP and then click Properties.

9.

 

Click Use the following IP address.

10.

 

Enter the IP address, subnet, and gateway.

11.

 

Click OK and restart the system when prompted.

For more information, see "

Configuring the Network Address for the NAS System

" or your Microsoft® Windows® operating system's online help.

For more information about configuring the second NIC, see "

Configuring Network Properties

" in "NAS Manager."

Configuring Your System Using the Kick-Start Utility

1.

 

Connect one end of the power cable to the NAS system and the other end to an electrical outlet.

2.

 

Connect one end of an Ethernet cable into one of the two NIC connectors on the back of your NAS system.

For more information on the location of system connectors, see the User's Guide.

3.

 

Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to a functioning Ethernet jack.

4.

 

From a client system on the same network, enable the Kick-Start utility and create your DHCP settings:

a.

 

Insert the Resource CD into the CD drive of the client system.

b.

 

When the Resource CD window displays, click Dell OpenManage Kick-Start.

c.

 

Click Run Dell OpenManage Kick-Start.

d.

 

If a security warning appears, click Yes.

e.

 

When asked if you want to run the program, click Yes.

f.

 

At the bottom of the Dell OpenManage Kick-Start window, click Setup.

g.

 

Click Add.

h.

 

In the Add Scope window, type the following information and click OK:

l

Starting IP Address: 10.40.10.10

l

Ending IP Address: 10.40.10.20

l

Subnet: 255.255.255.0

l

Gateway IP Address: 10.40.10.1

NOTE:

The default administrator user name is administrator and the default password is powervault.

NOTE:

To perform this procedure, you need a unique static IP address, as well as a subnet and gateway address.

NOTE:

It may take several minutes for the NAS system to boot.

NOTE:

The default administrator user name is administrator and the default password is powervault.

NOTE:

Perform the procedures in this section only if you cannot configure your NAS system using a DHCP server on the network. See "

Configuring Your

NAS System Automatically on a Network (With DHCP)

."

NOTE:

The client system should be on the same subnet as the NAS system. Because the NAS system is assigned an address on the 10.40.10.x

subnet, the client system IP address must also be statically assigned to the 10.40.10.x subnet.

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