To initialize a new system with a Microsoft Windows computer,
use the initialization tool that was shipped with your order.
Before you begin
- Begin this procedure after you have installed
all the enclosures, drives and other options you have purchased.
- You need a Microsoft Windows computer to complete the initialization
procedure. The computer must have:
- A USB port
- A supported browser
For best results, the Microsoft Windows computer and the Storwize® system must be connected to the same network.
About this task
This procedure is valid for Microsoft Windows 8.1
(64-bit) or Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit).
- Use
this procedure only when initializing a new control enclosure
(with, optionally, one or more expansion enclosures).
- Do not use this procedure when adding
an expansion enclosure to an existing system.
Procedure
To initialize the system, complete the following steps.
- Gather the information you will use to configure
the system.
- You must have the IP network address you will use to manage the
system.
- IP address
- Subnet mask
- Gateway
- Other information is optional, but useful for enabling additional
capabilities.
- The IP address of a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server for automated
setting of date and time
- The IP address of a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) server
for sending notification of alerts
- Locate the USB flash drive that
was shipped with your order in the documentation package.
- Insert the USB flash drive into a USB port
on the Microsoft Windows computer.
- To launch the tool, open the USB flash drive.
and double-click InitTool.bat The initialization tool wizard
starts.
- In the wizard, click Next and
select .
- Follow the on-screen instructions given by
the initialization tool. You will be instructed to complete
the following actions:
- Enter the details of the system management address you need to use.
- Connect the USB flash drive
to the Storwize system and allow it to initialize.
- Connect the USB flash drive
to the computer to check that the initialization completed.
- If the system initialization completed successfully, click Finish. If you have a network connection to the Storwize system, the system management GUI
is displayed. If the computer does not have a network
connection to the Storwize system,
go to the computer you will use to manage the system and start a supported
browser. Direct the browser to the management address you specified
for the system.
- Log in with user name superuser and
password passw0rd.
Note: The 0 character
in the password is a zero, not the letter O.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to begin setting up your
system.
Note: The other options that are available in the
initialization tool are used to recover the service IP address or
the superuser password.