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Connect an Ethernet cable from the management station to the Ethernet connector
on controller A on the rear of the storage subsystem. For a dual-controller storage
subsystem, you can connect a second Ethernet cable from the management station
to the Ethernet connector on controller B. Figure 23 shows the locations of the
Ethernet management connectors on the DS3200 storage subsystem.
Configuring the storage subsystem
You must configure the storage subsystem after you install the storage subsystem
in a rack cabinet. Use the information in the following sections to configure your
storage subsystem.
Storage subsystem management methods
Before you configure the storage subsystem, determine which method of storage
subsystem management you want to use. You can manage the storage subsystems
in either of two ways: host-agent (in-band) management or direct (out-of-band)
management.
Note: For information about any in-band limitations or restrictions that are
associated with particular combinations of controller and host bus adapter,
see the DS3000 Storage Manager Version 2 readme file.
For more information about setting up in-band or out-of-band management
connections, see the DS3000 Storage Manager Version 2 Installation and Support
Guide for the operating system of the host server that you will use to manage the
DS3200 storage subsystem. The Installation and Support Guide is in the
Documentation folder on the IBM System Storage DS3000 Support CD.
Important: If the operating system of the host server that the storage subsystem
logical drives are mapped to is not Microsoft Windows 2000 or
Windows Server 2003, you must make a direct (out-of-band)
management connection to the storage subsystem to set the correct
host type first. Then, the server will be able to recognize the storage
subsystem correctly for host-agent (in-band) management.
Controller A Controller B
Ethernet connector Ethernet connector
Figure 23. Ethernet port locations on a dual-controller DS3200
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