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When you have your Dell Unity system powered on for the first time, there are several options available to get your system on the network for management. For manual network configuration, here are the options:
Connection Utility: Windows application that is easy to install and offers a friendly interface for network configuration of the system. The application is available for download on Dell Support.
InitCLI: Windows tool that allows flexibility when configuring storage systems. It does not require use of a Java plug-in, and it gives users the ability to discover and configure Unity storage systems with an IPv4 management address. The tool is available for download on Dell Support.
Service Command (svc_initial_config): Service command that is useful for administrators who like to directly configure systems that are not connected to the network. The administrator can connect to the system over Serial Over LAN (SOL) and run the service command to configure an IP address for the system.
If the user has a DHCP server on the network, the Dell Unity system will automatically pull the network settings from the DHCP server when the system is ready for IP configuration. The user can then use the DHCP server management interface or Connection Utility to determine the IP address given to the system.
The following section provides instructions about how to use the Connection Utility to configure a management IP on your Dell Unity system. For more information about the other network configuration options, see the Dell Unity Installation Guide on Dell Support.