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Step 10
Initialize the Storage System
To initialize the storage system, you must configure the management network
interfaces for the storage system’s storage processors (SPs) with the Navisphere
Storage System Initialization Utility.
Requirements for Initialization
Make sure you have the following:
❒
FLARE
™
Operating Environment (OE) software version 2.16.700.5.yyy or higher
installed on the storage system. A card that ships with the storage system tells
you the FLARE version that is installed.
❒
A host on the
same subnet
as the storage system’s management ports and that is
running one of the operating systems listed below. This host may also be a server
with Fibre Channel connections to the storage system.
•
HP-UX
®
•
Linux
®
•
NetWare
®
•
Solaris
®
•
Windows 2000
•
Windows Server
™
2003
NOTE
If you have only AIX
®
, IRIX
®
, or Tru64 UNIX
®
hosts on the same
subnet as the storage system, you must initialize the storage system using the
procedure in the
EMC CLARiiON CX300, CX500, and CX700 Storage Systems
Initialization Guide
(P/N 300-001-272), which is available on the EMC
Powerlink website.