Select the active configuration and select the Interfaces-Tab. Heading over to Administration -> Network Configuration.

It will open this part of the WebUI and you can see your Ethernet and FC ports as well as the usual details. Go to Manage -> Arrays and select your array name. Once you are done, hit Finish and your array is ready for some action. Autosupport data is also playing a big role in Nimble’s pro-active wellness & InfoSight. I highly recommend enabling those alerts!Īdditionally, make sure Autosupport is enabled and works. If you think you don’t need email alerts and all this pro-active wellness stuff, watch this video and see what you’ll miss out on. A lot of Nimble’s case automation and pro-active wellness relies on email alerts. Make sure to setup an unauthorized SMTP relay on your mail server for your new array.Īlso, please check the box for Send event data to Nimble Storage Support. This is the final step for the initial setup. Specify the domain name and your DNS server.Īlso, this screen should look familiar. The next screen should look familiar again as it is the same for every Nimble Storage array. Those come in handy if you ever have to engage Support. However, we have chosen to create a data subnet dedicated for replication.įinally, we can see our actual FC ports and as you hover over each single FC port, you can see the operational speed.īy the way, don’t forget to set your diagnostic IPs. Since this is a Fibre Channel array, you do not need to specify a data subnet.

In the next screen you have to specify your subnet labels. Specify the array & group name and some additional management settings and hit next. In this setup, we decided to not join an existing group.

Next, you will be asked if you want to add this array to an existing group or set it up as a standalone array. Note: You will need your array serial number to register successfully.Īfter you started the Nimble Setup Manager, it will find your storage array and ask you to accept the EULA. If you do not have an InfoSight login yet, please register as a new user. The Nimble Setup Manager is part of the Nimble Windows Toolkit and can be downloaded from InfoSight. For the initial setup, you will need the Nimble Setup Manager on your local machine. Once you have unpacked your new array, racked and cabled it, power it on. In this post, I will cover how to setup your new FC array and indicate what has changed in the setup manager as well as in the WebUI of the array.Īll Fibre Channel arrays will be shipped with the Nimble OS version 2.2.2.0 as it is the first OS which supports FC. Since Nimble Storage introduced Fibre Channel, I’m sure that many of our customers and prospects want to use their new FC array.

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