Installing and configuring your Quest DR Series

Installing and configuring your Quest DR Series

Installing the DR Series hardware

 

IMPORTANT: The information in this topic is a summary of that found in the Quest DR Series documentation. Procedures in this topic are abbreviated to provide a high-level overview of the installation process. Before installing your Quest DR Series system, review the full set of documentation, including: • Setting Up Your Quest DR Series System • Quest DR Series Systems Getting Started Guide • Quest DR Series Owner’s Manual • Quest DR Series System Administrator Guide

Prerequisites

Installing and configuring your Quest DR Series

Installing the DR Series hardware

 

IMPORTANT: The information in this topic is a summary of that found in the Quest DR Series documentation. Procedures in this topic are abbreviated to provide a high-level overview of the installation process. Before installing your Quest DR Series system, review the full set of documentation, including: • Setting Up Your Quest DR Series System • Quest DR Series Systems Getting Started Guide • Quest DR Series Owner’s Manual • Quest DR Series System Administrator Guide

Prerequisites

Prerequisites

Before installing the DR Series appliance, ensure that the following requirements have been met:

•	You must use a supported version of vRanger and the DR Series system. For more information, see Product requirements for integration.

•	An active network with available Ethernet cables and connections.

•	If the system has a 1 GbE network interface card (NIC), connect all NIC ports on the NIC daughter card. If the system has a 10 GbE NIC, connect both the 10 GbE ports on the NIC daughter card. Do not connect to 1 GbE ports if there is a 10 GbE NIC available on the system.

•	Network values required are IP addressing, network mask, default gateway, DNS suffix, primary (and optional) DNS server, and host name. If DHCP is selected, these values are populated based on your DHCP configuration. If DHCP is not selected, the values must be manually configured.

•	Defaults for the DR Series are:

▪	Default Static System IP: 10.77.88.99

 

NOTE: Default static system IP is used only when there is no DHCP server. The default IP can be used to configure the system using a point-to-point NIC connection.

▪	Subnet mask IP: 255.0.0.0

▪	Default iDRAC IP: 192.168.0.120

 

NOTE: For iDRAC connection, the login name is root and password is calvin.

•	On the first boot, you must set up the network and the host name for the Quest DR Series system.

•	Connect the Quest DR Series system to a keyboard and monitor when you set up the system for the first time. After the operating system and network are configured, the system can be managed using a remote browser interface.

•	To set up the Quest DR Series system, use an account with administrator privileges.

Installing the DR Series

Installing the DR Series

To install the DR Series appliance:

1	Unpack your rack system and identify each part.

2	Assemble the rails, and install the system in the rack following the safety instructions and the rack installation instructions provided with your system.

3	[Optional] Connect the keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

The connectors on the back of your system have icons indicating which cable to plug into each connector. Be sure to tighten any screws on the monitor’s cable connector.

4	Connect the system’s power cable or cables to the system, and, if a monitor is used, connect the monitor’s power cable to the monitor.

5	Bend the system power cable or cables, as shown in the Quest DR Series Getting Started Guide, and attach to the cable strap.

6	Plug the other end of the power cable or cables into a grounded electrical outlet or a separate power source such as an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) or a power distribution unit (PDU).

7	Press the power button on the system.

The power indicator should light.

8	[Optional] Install the bezel.