Start The Software Configuration - Dell EqualLogic PS4210 Installation And Setup Manual

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Prompt Description
Default gateway Network address for the device used to connect subnets and forward
(optional) network traffic beyond the local network. A default gateway is needed only
if you want the array network interface to communicate outside the local
network (for example, to allow access to volumes from computers outside
the local network).
The default gateway must be on the same subnet as the array network
interface.
RAID policy RAID level and spare drive configuration for the array. The actual number
of RAID sets and spare drives depends on the number of drives in the array.
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Prompt Description
Unique name that identifies the group (54 or fewer letters, numbers, or
Group name
hyphens). The first character must be a letter or number.
Network address for the group. The group IP address is used for group
Group IP address
administration and computer access to data stored in the group.
Password for adding Password required when adding members to a group. The password must have
members to a group 3 to 16 letters or numbers and is case-sensitive.
Password that will override the factory-set group administration password
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Password for the
grpadmin
account or numbers and is case-sensitive.
grpadmin
Required only when creating a new group.
CHAP user name and password used to enable Microsoft service such as VSS
(Volume Shadow Copy Service) or VDS (Virtual Disk Service) access to the
group. The user name must have 3 to 63 alphanumeric characters. The
Microsoft service
password must have 12 to 16 alphanumeric characters, and is case-sensitive.
user name and
password (optional) Microsoft services running on a computer must be allowed access to the group
in order to create VSS snapshots in the group or use VDS.
Applicable only when creating a group with the Remote Setup wizard.

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Use the utility or the Remote Setup wizard to initialize the array and either create a group
setup
with the array as the first group member or add the array to an existing group.
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RAID 6 – Distributed dual-parity sets.
RAID 10 – Striping on top of multiple RAID 1 (mirrored) sets.
RAID 50 – Striping on top of multiple RAID 5 (distributed-parity) sets.
Each RAID 5 set uses one drive's worth of space for parity.
RAID 5 – Distributed-parity sets. RAID 5—[Not Recommended] One
RAID 5 set, with one spare disk. RAID 5 is similar to RAID 50, with
more capacity (two additional disks) but lower availability and
performance.
Note: To configure RAID 50 with drives larger than 3TB, or RAID 5
with drives of any size, you must use the Group Manager CLI.
Table 7: Group Configuration Information
) for the
grpadmin
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account. The password must have 3 to 16 letters