Dell PowerVault NF100 Getting Started Manual

Getting Started Guide 5This document provides an overview of the Microsoft® Windows®Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition with SP2 operating system and informationabout configuring, localizing, and installing your Dell™ Network AttachedStorage (NAS) system on a corporate network.The following topics are covered in this document:• Overview• Naming Convention• Configuring your NAS system• Localizing your system using the Multilanguage User Interface (MUI)• Starting the Windows Storage Server Management Console• Accessing the Microsoft Management Console (MMC)• Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator• Other documents you may needOverviewThe Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition with SP2 operating systemadds new search capabilities, simplified setup and storage management,extensibility, and is specially tuned to provide optimal NAS performance.Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition with SP2 provides significantenhancements in storage management scenarios, and ease of installation.Your NAS system is preconfigured with the Windows Storage Server 2003 R2x64 Edition with SP2 operating system. Most of the setup procedures arecompleted for you and do not require user intervention.When your system boots for the first time, the Microsoft Mini Setup processbegins. When completed, your system automatically reboots and you can accessthe server either locally or remotely.NOTE: If your system is pre-configured with software redundant array ofindependent disks (RAID) 5, the system performs a RAID synchronization to optimizethe array. The process runs in the background and may affect your overall systemperformance until it completes. If the system is powered off before the processcompletes, RAID synchronization will begin again when the system is powered upand continue until it completes.