Dell PowerVault 725N User Manual
Dell™ PowerVault™ 725N NAS Systems
Upgrading Your 39160
SCSI Card Firmware
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Depending on your environment, you can use either of the following methods to update
your firmware on the 39160 SCSI card.
• Use a dedicated system running the Microsoft
®
Windows® 2000 operating system
(recommended).
• Use a system running Windows 2000 on the same network.
Disabling Console Redirection
Before you update your 39160 firmware, you must disable console redirection in the BIOS.
To disable console redirection, perform the following steps:
1 Shut down your NAS system.
2 Attach a keyboard, mouse, and monitor to your NAS system.
3 Turn on your NAS system.
4 On the keyboard connected to the NAS system, press <F2> immediately after the
following message appears:
Press <F2> to enter the Function Select menu.
5 From the Function Select menu, select 1.
6 In the BIOS Setup Utility, press the right-arrow key until Advanced is selected.
7 Press the down-arrow key until Remote Access Configuration is selected and press
Enter.
8 Ensure that Remote Access is selected and press Enter.
9 Select Disabled and press Enter.
10 Press <F10> to exit the BIOS Setup Utility and select OK to save the changes.
To enable console redirection after the 39160 firmware is updated, perform step 1 through
step 10, except select Serial (ANSI) instead of Disabled in step 9.
Using a Dedicated System Running Windows 2000
Requirements
• Crossover cable included with your NAS system
• Client system running Windows 2000 (Professional or Server Family)
• Resource CD included with your NAS system
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Procedure
To restore your NAS system to the Dell default settings, perform the following steps:
1 Connect a client system running Windows 2000 to the NAS system.
a Shut down the NAS system, and do not turn it back on until instructed.
b Turn off the client system, if it is running.
c Connect the crossover cable (labeled "Cross Over Ethernet Cable") to the
Ethernet port labeled "LAN 1" on the NAS system and the Ethernet port on the
client system.
2 Connect a keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the NAS system.
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3 Turn on the client system running Windows 2000.
4 Log in to the client system with an account that has administrator privileges.
5 Create a new user with the name pv725 and the password set to password:
a From the desktop of your client system, right-click My Computer, and then select
Manage.
b On the left side of the Computer Management window, double-click Local Users
and Groups.
c Right-click Users and select New User.
d In the New User window, type pv725 as the user name.
e Ty p e password for the password, and type it again in the Confirm password
field.
f Clear the User must change password at next logon check box.
g Click Create and then click Close.
6 Change the name of the client system running Windows 2000 to pv725rec:
a From the desktop of your client system, right-click My Computer, and then select
Properties.
b In the System Properties window, click Network Identification.
c Click Properties.
d In the Identification Changes window, type pv725rec for the system name.
e Click OK, but do not reboot when prompted.
f Click OK to close the Properties window.
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