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All Rights Reserved ii Intel® Storage System Software User Manual Contents Contents Chapter 1, Getting Started ......................................................................................... 1 Using the Storage System Console ....................................................................................... 1 The Console .................................................................................................................. 2 Menu Bar .......................................................................................................................3 Using the Navigation Window ................................................................................................ 3 Logging In ...................................................................................................................... 3 Traversing the Navigation Window ................................................................................ 4 Hierarchy ....................................................................................................................... 4 Icons ............................................................................................................................ 5 Using the Tab Window ...........................................................................................................6 Tab Window ................................................................................................................... 6 Using the Alert Window .........................................................................................................7 Creating Storage By Using the Getting Started Launch Pad ................................................. 7 Finding the Storage Modules ......................................................................................... 7 Configuring Storage Modules ........................................................................................ 8 Creating a Volume ......................................................................................................... 9 Enabling Client Access to Volumes ............................................................................. 10 Continuing with Storage System Software .......................................................................... 10 Finding Storage Modules on an Ongoing Basis .......................................................... 10 Configuring Multiple Storage Modules ......................................................................... 11 Installing the Console .......................................................................................................... 12 Setting up an Intel® Management Module (IMM) Password for the Intel® Storage System SSR212MA .................................................................................................................. 24 Wizards ................................................................................................................................ 25 Find Storage Module Wizard ....................................................................................... 25 Management Groups, Clusters, and Volumes Wizard ................................................ 25 Access Volume Wizard ................................................................................................ 26 Finding Storage System Modules on the Network ............................................................... 26 Finding by Subnet and Mask ....................................................................................... 27 Finding by Module IP or Host Name ............................................................................ 29 Chapter 2, Working with Storage System Modules ............................................... 33 Configuration Categories ..................................................................................................... 33 Logging In to the SSM ......................................................................................................... 34 Logging In to Additional SSMs .................................................................................... 35 Logging Out of the SSM .............................................................................................. 35 Opening the Edit Configuration Window ...................................................................... 36 Closing the Edit Configuration Window ....................................................................... 36 Module Configuration Overview ........................................................................................... 36 Changing the SSM Host Name ............................................................................................ 37 Intel® Storage System Software User Manual iii Contents Changing Passwords ...........................................................................................................37 Locating the Module in a Rack (Intel® Storage System SSR212MA only) ..........................38 Upgrading the Storage System Software ............................................................................39 Copying the Upgrade Files from CD or FTP Site .........................................................39 Upgrading the SSM ......................................................................................................39 Backup and Restore of SSM Configuration ..........................................................................41 Backing Up the SSM Configuration File .......................................................................42 Restoring the SSM Configuration from a File ...............................................................43 Rebooting the SSM ..............................................................................................................45 Powering Off the SSM ..................................................................................................46 Registering Features for an SSM .........................................................................................48 Using the Feature Registration Tab .............................................................................48 Evaluating Features .....................................................................................................49 Configuring Boot Devices .....................................................................................................49 Checking Boot Device Status in an SSM .....................................................................49 Replacing a Disk on Module (DOM) (Intel® Storage System SSR212MA only) ..........51 Chapter 3, Storage .................................................................................................... 53 Storage Overview .................................................................................................................53 Storage Requirement ...................................................................................................53 Getting There ...............................................................................................................53 Configuring and Managing RAID ..........................................................................................54 Benefits of RAID ...........................................................................................................54 RAID Configurations Defined ...............................................................................................55