Step 3. Use the installation wizard to install the software on the management station.
Access ThinkSystem System Manager and use the Setup wizard
You use the Setup wizard in ThinkSystem System Manager to configure your storage array.
Before you begin
• You have ensured that the device from which you will access ThinkSystem System Manager contains one
of the following browsers:
Browser
Minimum version
Google Chrome
47
Microsoft Internet Explorer
11
Microsoft Edge
EdgeHTML 12
Mozilla Firefox
31
Safari
9
• You are using out-of-band management.
The wizard automatically relaunches when you open System Manager or refresh your browser and
at least
one
of the following conditions is met:
• No pools and volume groups are detected.
• No workloads are detected.
• No notifications are configured.
Step 1. From your browser, enter the following URL:
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support
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security
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monitor
. The latter three roles have random
passwords that cannot be guessed. After you set a password for the
admin
role, you can change
all of the passwords using the
admin
credentials. See
ThinkSystem System Manager online help
for
more information on the four local user roles.
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System Manager with the
admin
credentials.
When you open System Manager and no pools, volumes groups, workloads, or notifications have
been configured, the Setup wizard launches.
Step 3. Use the Setup wizard to perform the following tasks:
•
Verify hardware (controllers and drives)
– Verify the number of controllers and drives in the
storage array. Assign a name to the array.
•
Verify hosts and operating systems
– Verify the host and operating system types that the
storage array can access.
•
Accept pools
– Accept the recommended pool configuration for the express installation
method. A pool is a logical group of drives.
•
Configure alerts
– Allow System Manager to receive automatic notifications when a problem
occurs with the storage array.
System setup and configuration
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