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Step 10
Initialize the Storage System
To initialize the storage system, you must configure the management network
interfaces for the storage system’s storage processors (SPs) with the Navisphere
Storage System Initialization Utility.
Requirements for Initialization
Make sure you have the following:
❒
FLARE
™
Operating Environment (OE) software version 2.16.500.5.yyy or higher
installed on the storage system. A card that ships with the storage system tells
you the FLARE version that is installed.
❒
A host on the
same subnet
as the storage system’s 10/100 management ports and
that is running one of the operating systems listed below. This host may also be a
server with iSCSI connections to the storage system. If this host is a server, it
must run Windows
®
2000, Windows Server
™
2003, or Linux.
•
HP-UX
®
•
Linux
®
•
NetWare
®
•
Solaris
®
•
Windows 2000
•
Windows Server 2003