Acer Altos EasyStore - Initializing Your Storage System

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Initializing your storage system
Altos easyStore comes with four hard disks drive, they are already initialized. You
must install the S t orage System Console on a compu t er in the same subnet as your
storage system and use that application to connect to the storage system.
Inst alling the Console
You can install the Console on any computer that runs one of the following operating
systems
:
l Microsof t Windows Server 2003
l Microsof t Windows XP
l Microsof t Windows 2000 Professional, Server , or Advanced Server with
Service Pack 2 or newer
Note: To access t he storage system, the Console launches a Web browser , so
the compu t er where you install the Console must have Microsof t Internet Explorer
6.0 or Firefox 1.06 or newer installed as well. In addition, one of those browsers
must
be your defau lt browser . If you’re not sure how to configure the defau lt
browser , refer to the documen t ation f or your browser .
To install t he Console:
1 . At a computer in t he same subnet as your storage system, insert t he installation
CD into a CD-ROM drive.
2 . S t ar t the setup utility for the Console.