Chapter 2 - Initial Configuration
Before You Begin
B
EFORE
Y
OU
B
EGIN
Make sure the system is installed in accordance with the
Spectra BlackPearl Site Preparation
and the
Spectra BlackPearl Rack-Mount Installation Guide
.
Additionally, make sure your Spectra Logic tape library is installed in accordance with it’s
Site Preparation Guide
, available on the Support Portal website at
support.spectralogic.com/documentation
See
"Installation Checklist" on page 412
on page
for a checklist of installation steps.
Note:
If your BlackPearl system was installed by Spectra Logic Professional Services, all
the steps in this chapter were performed by the installer. Please see
to begin using your BlackPearl system.
C
ONSIDERATIONS FOR
B
LACK
P
EARL
NAS S
YSTEMS
If you BlackPearl system includes NAS drives, it is important that the drives that are to be
used for NAS are not installed in any chassis in the system when the system is powered on
for the first time.
Drives used for the system database, and Nearline or Online storage pools must be installed
before the system is powered on for the first time.
C
ONNECT
E
THERNET
C
ABLES
Before proceeding with the below sections, you must connect Ethernet cables to the
management and data ports on the BlackPearl system rear panel. See
for the location of the Ethernet ports on the rear of the system.
P
OWER
O
N THE
S
YSTEM
Use the instructions in this section to power on a BlackPearl system, 44-bay, 96-bay, or 107-
bay expansion node. During the power-on sequence, the BlackPearl system initializes all of
its installed components and starts the BlackPearl web server.
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