Figure 1-1
Steps of the S5600 initial configuration
Start
Plan the networking
Install and check the hardware
Configure NICs or FC HBAs on the ASs
Set up the management environment
Set the IP addresses of the management
network port on the controllers
Log in to the OSM3.0
Configure the storage system
Set additional information
End
NOTE
The S5600 storage device can be used for setting up the two-node system cluster environment. The
description of installing and configuring the cluster is included in the "
1.3 Installing and Checking the
Hardware
" section. For details on how to set up the cluster environment, see the related documents.
The two-node system cluster described in this document is a high-availability cluster. In the cluster, one
node, as the primary node, provides services; the other node, as the secondary node, runs idly or runs some
non-core applications.
1.2 Planning the Networking
Introduce the typical networking of S5600.
The S5600 is a storage system on the storage area network (SAN).
The front-end host ports of S5600 controller subracks are described as follows:
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