- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Before you begin
- Mount the enclosures in the rack
- Connect to the management network
- Cable host servers to the storage system
- Cabling considerations
- Connecting the enclosure to hosts
- Host connection
- Connect power cables and power on the storage system
- Perform system and storage setup
- Setting up hosts
- Host system requirements
- Windows hosts
- Configuring a Windows host with FC HBAs
- Configuring a Windows host with iSCSI network adapters
- Prerequisites
- Assign IP addresses for each network adapter connecting to the iSCSI network
- Install MPIO on the host
- Configure the iSCSI Initiator on the Windows host
- Create a host and attach volumes in PowerVault Manager
- Enable MPIO for the volumes on the Windows host
- Format volumes on a Windows host
- Update the iSCSI initiator on the Windows host
- Configuring a Windows host with SAS HBAs
- Linux hosts
- Configuring a Linux host with FC HBAs
- Configuring a Linux host with iSCSI network adapters
- Configuring a SAS host server for Linux
- VMware ESXi hosts
- Citrix XenServer hosts
- Configuring a Fibre Channel host server for Citrix XenServer
- Configuring an iSCSI host server for Citrix XenServer
- Prerequisites
- Identify iSCSI adapters on a XenServer
- Configure a software iSCSI adapter on a XenServer host
- Configure the iSCSI IQN on a XenServer host
- Enable Multipathing on a XenServer
- Create a host and attach volumes in PowerVault Manager
- Create a Storage Repository for a volume on a XenServer host with a software iSCSI adapter
- Configuring a SAS host for Citrix XenServer
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Cabling for replication
- SFP transceiver for FC/iSCSI ports
- System Information Worksheet
- Setting network port IP addresses using the CLI port
- Technical specifications
Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Storage System Deployment Guide
Network Settings
The Network Settings panel provides options for you to configure IPv4 and IPv6 network-port settings and configure a DNS server. The network settings can be changed if needed after initial setup using the Settings > Network panel in the PowerVault Manager.
Steps
- On the System Configuration Main Page, click Start under System Configuration.
-
Select the network settings to configure:
- IPv4
- IPv6
- DNS—selected automatically
- Skip this step
- Click Continue.
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