Dell PowerVault 745N- User Manual
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Table of Contents:
- Page 2 – Reinstallation Utilities.
- Page 3 – Preparing the USB Key; Resource CD
- Page 6 – Safely Remove Hardware; icon; Safely Remove Mass Storage Device; Remove the USB key from the client system.; Using the PowerVault NAS Reinstallation Console; icon to open the; Dell PowerVault Reinstallation Console
- Page 7 – Reinstallation Console; Begin Setup; Some PowerVault 745N systems ship with three Reinstallation CDs,; PowerVault 745 Reinstallation CD 1; into the CD-ROM drive; OK; Insert PV 745 Reinstallation CD 1
- Page 8 – Reinstallation Console Copy Status; reinstallation CD 2, and click; Insert PV 745 Reinstallation CD 2; When prompted for the third CD, remove reinstallation CD 2, insert; Insert PV 745 Reinstallation CD 3
- Page 9 – Insert USB Key in PV 745N; Reinstalling the Operating System on Your NAS System; Troubleshooting External Storage Configuration NAS Systems
- Page 12 – Warning Message
- Page 14 – Automated Sequence of the PowerVault 745N Reinstall Process; Ignore; Do not reboot the system
- Page 15 – Ignore restart messages; NOTE; Configuring Your NAS System for the First Time
- Page 16 – Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
Reinstalling the Operating System on the Dell™
PowerVault™ 745N
This document details the following steps to reinstall the operating system on a
PowerVault 745N system:
1.
Install the Reinstallation Console
on a system running Microsoft
Windows® 2000, Microsoft Windows Server® 2003, or Microsoft Windows
XP Professional.
2.
provided with your NAS system for the
reinstallation. If you do not have the USB Key that came with your system,
any should work as long as it is 64MB in size or larger.
3.
Reinstall the operating system
on your NAS system.
NOTICE:
This procedure resets your Network Attached Storage (NAS)
system to the default settings. It also deletes all data on the software-RAID
NAS system. Hardware-RAID NAS system data volumes and external
storage data volumes are not affected.
Requirements
•
Client system with a CD drive running Windows 2000 (Professional or
Server), Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP Professional
•
64MB USB Key included with your NAS system
•
Resource
CD
included with your NAS system
•
Reinstallation
CDs
included with your NAS system
•
Keyboard, mouse, and monitor attached to your NAS system
•
Network Interface Cable
•
You must disable any firewall that might be running on the client system
•
Your client system must NOT be part of a domain or set up to be part of a
domain, even if the system is not actually connected to a network
Installing the Reinstallation Console
You must set up a client system running one of the supported operating systems
(Windows 2000 Professional or Server, Windows Server 2003, or Windows XP
Professional) to reinstall the operating system image on your NAS system. Part
Initial Release: 2 January 2007
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Summary
of this setup includes installing a set of NAS utilities used for the reinstallation process. NOTE: You must have administrator privileges on the client system to install the Reinstallation Console. NOTE: On systems running Windows XP Professional, network sharing is disabled by default. You must en...
3. Click on Dell PowerVault NAS Reinstallation Console . 4. When prompted to open the file or save it to your computer, click Open . 5. Follow the prompts and accept the defaults to complete the installation. When complete, an icon appears on your client system desktop labeled “ Dell PowerVault NAS ...
NOTE: If you do not enter the client name, you will be prompted for the client system name and network configuration each time you attempt to reinstall. The USB Key configuration is complete, and the USB Key is ready for use. 1. Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Windows toolbar and then c...
