Dell PowerVault NX3500 Administrator's Guide - Page 119

Configuring the Active Directory Service, Network Configuration Overview, Accessing the System

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5 If you want to add a redundant NTP server, click Add NTP Server and type the name or IP address of the redundant NTP server in the NTP server field. 6 Click Save Changes. Configuring the Active Directory Service To configure the active directory service: 1 Choose System ManagementAuthenticationSystem Identity. The PowerVault NX3500 Identity page is displayed. This page shows the current configuration and whether PowerVault NX3500 is already joined to an Active Directory domain. 2 Click Save Changes to save the active directory parameters. 3 Click the Revert button to restore previously saved parameters. Through the Advanced Configuration option, you can specify a domain controller to override the default controller selected by the system. Network Configuration Overview This section describes how to configure the system to best fit your network. This includes definitions of several network related parameters. For example, IP addresses and the definition of DNS servers. Accessing the System To access the system you need to define an IP address your clients can access. It is recommended to also add this IP address to your DNS server so that clients can access the system via a name in addition to an IP address. NOTE: The Client Access VIP is configured during initial configuration using the PowerVault NX3500 Configuration Utility. You can see the address you configured by going to the NAS Manager System ManagementNetworkSubnets. Click Primary at the bottom of the page to see the client access VIP labeled VIP address. Since the system's architecture consists of a cluster of controllers, this IP address is a virtual IP address (VIP) which serves every controller in the cluster. This allows clients to access the system as a single unit and enables the system to perform load balancing between controllers, thereby making Managing the PowerVault NX3500 119

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Managing the PowerVault NX3500
119
5
If you want to add a redundant NTP server, click
Add NTP Server
and type
the name or IP address of the redundant NTP server in the
NTP server
field.
6
Click
Save Changes
.
Configuring the Active Directory Service
To configure the active directory service:
1
Choose
System Management
Authentication
System Identity
.
The
PowerVault NX3500 Identity
page is displayed. This page shows the
current configuration and whether PowerVault NX3500 is already joined to
an Active Directory domain.
2
Click
Save Changes
to save the active directory parameters.
3
Click the
Revert
button to restore previously saved parameters.
Through the
Advanced Configuration
option, you can specify a domain
controller to override the default controller selected by the system.
Network Configuration Overview
This section describes how to configure the system to best fit your network.
This includes definitions of several network related parameters. For example,
IP addresses and the definition of DNS servers.
Accessing the System
To access the system you need to define an IP address your clients can access.
It is recommended to also add this IP address to your DNS server so that
clients can access the system via a name in addition to an IP address.
NOTE:
The Client Access VIP is configured during initial configuration using the
PowerVault NX3500 Configuration Utility. You can see the address you configured
by going to the NAS Manager
System Management
Network
Subnets
. Click
Primary
at the bottom of the page to see the client access VIP labeled VIP address.
Since the system's architecture consists of a cluster of controllers, this IP
address is a virtual IP address (VIP) which serves every controller in the
cluster. This allows clients to access the system as a single unit and enables
the system to perform load balancing between controllers, thereby making