D-Link DSN-540 Software User's Guide for DSN-1100-10 - Page 6

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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ...1 1.1 Product Overview 2 1.2 Terminology and Concepts 2 1.3 Storage Pools and Drives 3 1.4 Volumes 4 1.5 Tasks...6 1.5.1 Initialize a Parity Volume 6 1.5.2 Rebuild a Volume 6 1.5.3 Scan a Volume 7 1.5.4 Grow (Expand) a Volume 7 1.5.5 Reconfigure a Volume 7 1.6 Network Portals 7 1.7 VLANs 8 1.8 LAGs ...8 1.9 iSCSI Target Nodes 8 1.10 iSCSI Log-In, Sessions and Connections 8 1.11 Multiple Connections per Session 8 Chapter 2 Overview of the Management Center Software 9 2.1 Key Features 9 2.2 Compatibility and Minimum System Requirements 10 2.3 Understanding the Basics 10 2.3.1 Understanding the User Interface 11 2.3.2 Menu Bar and Toolbar 11 2.3.3 View Panel 13 2.3.4 Main Display 14 2.3.5 Action Panels 14 2.3.6 Detail Tabs 15 2.3.7 Status Bar 15 2.4 Getting Help 15 2.5 READ THIS SECTION - If You Read Nothing Else In This Guide 16 Chapter 3 Getting Started...17 3.1 Connecting and Logging In 18 3.1.1 Using the Start-up Wizard 18 3.1.2 Logging in from the Home Page 24 3.2 Setting the System Date and Time 26 3.3 Customizing the Date and Time Display 28 3.4 Configuring User Accounts 29 3.4.1 Changing the Default Admin Login Password 29 3.4.2 Adding Admin Accounts 30 3.4.3 Adding User Accounts 31 3.4.4 Modifying Accounts 32 3.4.5 Deleting User Accounts 32 3.5 Logging Out 33 3.6 Exiting the xStack Storage Management Center 33 3.7 Shutting Down the xStack Storage Array 34 vi Contents

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Contents
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
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1
1.1 Product Overview
....................................................................................
2
1.2 Terminology and Concepts
..........................................................................
2
1.3 Storage Pools and Drives
............................................................................
3
1.4 Volumes
................................................................................................
4
1.5 Tasks
....................................................................................................
6
1.5.1 Initialize a Parity Volume
..................................................................
6
1.5.2 Rebuild a Volume
...........................................................................
6
1.5.3 Scan a Volume
...............................................................................
7
1.5.4 Grow (Expand) a Volume
..................................................................
7
1.5.5 Reconfigure a Volume
......................................................................
7
1.6 Network Portals
.......................................................................................
7
1.7 VLANs
...................................................................................................
8
1.8 LAGs
....................................................................................................
8
1.9 iSCSI Target Nodes
...................................................................................
8
1.10 iSCSI Log-In, Sessions and Connections
..........................................................
8
1.11 Multiple Connections per Session
................................................................
8
Chapter 2 Overview of the Management Center Software
...........................................................................
9
2.1 Key Features
..........................................................................................
9
2.2 Compatibility and Minimum System Requirements
...........................................
10
2.3 Understanding the Basics
.........................................................................
10
2.3.1 Understanding the User Interface
......................................................
11
2.3.2 Menu Bar and Toolbar
....................................................................
11
2.3.3 View Panel
.................................................................................
13
2.3.4 Main Display
................................................................................
14
2.3.5 Action Panels
..............................................................................
14
2.3.6 Detail Tabs
.................................................................................
15
2.3.7 Status Bar
..................................................................................
15
2.4 Getting Help
.........................................................................................
15
2.5 READ THIS SECTION - If You Read Nothing Else In This Guide
..............................
16
Chapter 3 Getting Started
...............................................................................................................................
17
3.1 Connecting and Logging In
........................................................................
18
3.1.1 Using the Start-up Wizard
...............................................................
18
3.1.2 Logging in from the Home Page
........................................................
24
3.2 Setting the System Date and Time
..............................................................
26
3.3 Customizing the Date and Time Display
........................................................
28
3.4 Configuring User Accounts
........................................................................
29
3.4.1 Changing the Default Admin Login Password
........................................
29
3.4.2 Adding Admin Accounts
..................................................................
30
3.4.3 Adding User Accounts
....................................................................
31
3.4.4 Modifying Accounts
.......................................................................
32
3.4.5 Deleting User Accounts
..................................................................
32
3.5 Logging Out
..........................................................................................
33
3.6 Exiting the xStack Storage Management Center
..............................................
33
3.7 Shutting Down the xStack Storage Array
.......................................................
34