Hardware Installation
PixelStor 5000 User Manual
Rev. 1, May 2013
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4
System Configuration
Once the physical hardware components are installed, you are ready to start configuring your
storage. First you will need to set up the PixelStor 5000 on your network.
4.1
Initialize the System
The PixelStor 5000 ships with 5 to 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports per system depending on
your purchased configuration. Th
ese are bonded together using RASILIENT’s IP redirect
technology. RASILIENT offers additional flexibility by offering the ability to set one of these GE
link links as a separate out-of-band management port.
By default the system ships with all the included GE links bonded together into one IP address.
This provides the best performance because the system intelligently balances IO requests
across the multiple bonded GE links. This approach also offers the best fault tolerance because
if any link goes down, hosts can continue to access the PixelStor 5000 via the surviving GE
links.
With the physical hardware components installed, you are now ready to initialize the system
and start configuring your storage. The first step in setting up the PixelStor 5000 is to get it
ready to connect to your network. There are two options for setting up the PixelStor 5000 on
your network.
4.1.1
Option 1 – Use Pre-configured IP Address to Connect to System
Each PixelStor 5000 comes pre-configured with an IP address. Once you have connected your
PixelStor 5000 to your network and started the system, you can use the web based PixelStor
Storage Manager included with your system to configure your storage. Using the PixelStor
Storage Manager and default IP addresses instead of the CLI is recommended, especially if this
is your first time setting up a PixelStor 5000 . The PixelStor Storage Manager is designed to get
your system up and running in six simple steps.
It is always recommended that you set up the PixelStor 5000 on protected storage
network separate from you data network for security and performance reasons.
