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After the management IP of the Dell Unity system is configured, the user can log in to Unisphere. After launching Unisphere and logging in, the Unisphere Initial Configuration Wizard appears, as shown in Figure 4. This wizard allows users to configure the most important and commonly required settings of the system, streamlining the system preparation to expedite provisioning and sharing of resources. The Initial Configuration Wizard includes the following settings:
Copyright: To continue in the Initial Configuration Wizard and to be able to use Unisphere, a user needs to accept the End User License Agreement.
Admin and Service Password: Passwords used to access Unisphere and the service CLI of Unisphere, respectively.
DNS Server: Domain Name Server, which is the network service that resolves domain names to their corresponding IP addresses.
Proxy Server: The user can supply Proxy Server information to receive information for storage systems that cannot connect to the Internet directly.
NTP Server: Network Time Protocol server, which is the time server used to synchronize computer systems to the same clock, which usually maps back to UTC or Coordinated Universal Time. Ensuring accurate system time is important for configuring Active Directory for SMB configurations and for configuring multiprotocol configuration. If the system time is more than 5 minutes different than the configured NTP server, the user will be asked to configure NTP later because this requires a system reboot. Dell Unity OE 5.4 allows a user to use the CLI to configure the NTP stratum level of the NTP server post deployment.
Unisphere License: License from Dell that enables different features/services of the Dell Unity storage system based on purchase orders through Dell Services. If the user entered the DNS Server information about the DNS Servers step, the License file is automatically installed from Dell. For the license to be automatically installed successfully, the system needs to have Internet access.
Pools: Pools are required for configuring any storage resource on the system. This setting might also include the FAST Cache option when the system is a Hybrid system. FAST Cache is widely used in many environments to provide a secondary cache for the system and to optimize overall Flash usage efficiency.
Alert Settings: Alerts provide information to the user about the source of an event. They also tell the user the symptoms, the cause, and what actions that needed to be taken to resolve the issues noted in the alerts. This alert setting is to configure the system to send alert notifications in email or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages.
Dell Support Credentials: Username and password for the registered Dell Support account. This is a prerequisite for using Secure Remote Services (formerly ESRS) and is used for quickly accessing the various Dell Support options in the Support section of Unisphere. With the release of Dell Unity OE version 5.3, SupportAssist replaces Secure Remote Services for physical Unity systems. Secure Remote Services remains the connect home technology used by UnityVSA. Both Secure Remote Services and SupportAssist enable Dell Support personnel to provide remote troubleshooting support to help accelerate the diagnosis of issues, resulting in faster resolution times. Enabling Secure Remote Services or SupportAssist, depending on the system type, is also a prerequisite for using CloudIQ, which is discussed later in this paper.
iSCSI Interfaces: Allows users to configure iSCSI interfaces for environments that use the iSCSI protocol. iSCSI is an IP-based storage protocol used for accessing Block resources (that is, LUNs, Consistency Groups, and VMware vStorage VMFS Datastores).
NAS Servers: Allows users to configure NAS Servers, which is a prerequisite for creating and accessing File storage resources on the system. NAS Servers require a separate IP to be configured for network access.