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Configuring a system for the first time – HP MSA Controllers User Manual

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Configuring a System for the First Time

This chapter describes how to perform first-time configuration required on both the
storage system and data hosts. It also describes how to perform basic storage
configuration to verify that your system is working.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Setting Management Port IP Addresses Using the CLI” on page 46

“Configuring Your Web Browser for SMU” on page 49

“Updating Firmware” on page 50

“Setting the Date and Time” on page 50

“Configuring Controller Enclosure Host Ports” on page 52

“Configuring Data Host Ethernet Ports” on page 52

“Configuring the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator” on page 53

“Editing Registry Values for Ethernet Adapters” on page 55

“Creating Virtual Disks” on page 58

“Mapping a Data Host to a Volume” on page 59

“Testing the Configuration” on page 59

“Logging Out of SMU” on page 60

“Next Steps” on page 60

For information about additional configuration and management tasks, including
changing the

manage

user’s password, refer to SMU’s online help or the reference

guide.

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