Setting Up Your PowerVault NX3500 Solution 53The mappings are saved. The Topology pane and the Defined Mappingspane in the Mappings tab are updated to reflect the mappings.Running the PowerVault NASCUThe PowerVault NAS Configuration Utility (NASCU) walks you through thesteps necessary to set up the network configuration and pair the PowerVaultNX3500 controllers together. It also starts the process of pairing the system tothe PowerVault MD3xx0i storage appliance. It is recommended that youdetermine your network configuration and IP address allocation for your NAScontrollers before executing this utility. See “Completing the NAS SystemSetup Worksheet” on page 42.Before running the PowerVault NASCU, ensure that:• The PowerVault NASCU is installed and executed from a managementstation that has IPv6 enabled. The utility connects to and configures yourcontrollers through the local link Ipv6 address. Ipv6 can be disabled, butonly after the installation and configuration is complete.• The management station is connected to the same switch as the clientconnections on your NAS controllers (see Table 2-1).NOTE: Use the PowerVault NASCU only for initial configuration. After the PowerVaultNX3500 is configured use the NAS Manager to make changes to the configuration.Installing the PowerVault NASCUNOTE: Do not attempt to use the PowerVault NASCU to reconfigure an alreadyclustered PowerVault NX3500 solution.For Windows-based management stations:1 Insert the PowerVault NX3500 Resource Media into the optical drive.If autorun is enabled on your system, the installer automatically launchesafter a few moments.2 If autorun is enabled, proceed to step 5.3 If autorun is disabled, or if autorun does not automatically launch theinstaller, open an explorer window and navigate to the optical drive wherethe PowerVault NX3500 Resource Media is located.
