DSS V7 Installation Guide & Devices
How to install DSS V7 on USB Flash drive:
Please uncompress the downloaded zip file onto an empty FAT or FAT32 formatted USB-flash drive in Windows, Linux or another OS. If you encounter trouble, use FAT for the USB drive and put your system BIOS into legacy mode on the USB port.
After uncompressing the zip file on the USB-stick, the root directory must ONLY contain the following directories: bxxxx, boot and files: QuickStart.html and mmenu_upd.sh where: xxxx is the software build number.
- To make the USB-stick bootable, enter the directory called “boot” and run the bootinst.exe (in Windows) or bootinst.sh (in Linux). In Windows, please use the "safe hardware remove" function and sync it in Linux before removing the USB flash drive from the system.
- Continue to boot your storage server with your media.
How to prepare DSS V7 CD for boot / install of the system:
The ISO-File must be burned onto a CD with your favorite burning software. (For example: Nero Burning ROM - option: “Burn Image”, or ISORecorder, etc.)
- Please set the BIOS to boot from your CD/DVD-ROM drive.
- A USB CD/DVD-ROM can be used as well if your system supports it for booting.
NOTE:
When you run DSS V7 from a CD it is not able to save some configuration data, such as the DSS V7 network settings and the product key, so booting and running from a writable media is preferable. The ISO image can be used with a CD creation utility to burn a bootable CD which can be loaded into the storage server CD drive. Then you can boot from this CD to run DSS V7 or select to use the installer to install the DSS V7 software on a drive or a Logical Unit in the system.
Booting DSS V7 Installer
First, plug your media into the destination environment.
The first boot menu will show the software version. You may press enter or it will skip automatically within 5 seconds.
The second menu allows you to select the 64 bit architecture to boot DSS V7 or to install DSS V7 on a writable media in your system by using the interactive DSS V7 installer utility. Next, select “Run software installer” to install DSS V7 on a writable media in your system.
- 64bit system (2.6.35)
- Run software installer
When you run the installer, please follow the instructions. Finally, reboot your storage server from the new media (set your BIOS boot options back from CD/DVD/USB to the media where you installed the software).
NOTE: The software defaults to the trial version. DSS V7 can be used for evaluation up to 60 days with the default trial product key. When you decide to purchase the full version or switch to the Lite version, you can continue to use the software and all your data and settings will remain intact.
You will see an option to run the memory test on the system by choosing “Run Memtest utility” in the first menu.
In order to convert the trial version into Lite or the full version, please enter your DSS V7 license product key in the WEB GUI from menu: HELP-> about Data Storage Software V7 -> Extensions keys loader.
