Installing and Running SmartKit

Prerequisites

Before installing SmartKit, ensure that the system running environment meets the requirements by referring to "Installing SmartKit" in the SmartKit User Guide of the matching version.

Procedure

1. Connect cables and deploy the network environment.
   1. Use an Ethernet cable to directly or indirectly (through switches) connect the maintenance terminal where SmartKit is installed to the management network port of a server.
   2. Configure the network port IP address and subnet mask of the maintenance terminal, so that the maintenance terminal can access the server.

   You are advised to set the network port IP address of the maintenance terminal and the management network port IP address of the server in the same network segment. If the IP addresses are not in the same network segment, configure a router to ensure that the maintenance terminal can correctly communicate with the storage system.

2. Copy the SmartKit installation package downloaded in Obtaining Software Packages to the maintenance terminal where SmartKit needs to be installed.
3. Install SmartKit.
   1. Decompress the SmartKit_{version}.zip package and obtain the SmartKit_{version}.exe installation file from the SmartKit_{version} folder.
   2. Double-click the installation software and install SmartKit as prompted.

4. Run SmartKit.
   1. Run SmartKit on the desktop of the maintenance terminal and follow the instructions until the identity authentication page is displayed.

      You must have administrator permissions to use some functions. You are advised to run SmartKit as an OS administrator.

   2. Perform the following steps to complete identity authentication:
      Figure 1-2 Identity authentication
      

      If you are an enterprise user and have not signed the user license agreement, click User License Agreement to sign the agreement.

      1. Read the Huawei privacy statement and select I have read and agree to Huawei Privacy Statement.
      2. Perform identity authentication.

         Enter the user name and password for logging in to the Huawei enterprise technical support website and click Authenticate Now.

         • If identity authentication is not required now, click Authenticate Later to log in to SmartKit as a guest. Online installation and upgrade are unavailable.
         • If identity authentication is required now, click Authenticate Now in the upper right corner of the toolbox to perform identity authentication.
      3. Select your business domain.
      4. Click OK. The SmartKit home page is displayed.

5. Install functions.
   1. On the SmartKit home page, click Function Management.

      The function list page is displayed.

   2. Select Server in the Product Field area in the left pane and then select Site Deployment Delivery, Routine Maintenance, and Upgrade/Patch Installation.
   3. Ensure that IP Configuration, Server Deployment, Health Check, Batch Distribution, and Firmware Upgrade are available, as shown in Figure 1-3.

      If the function is unavailable, click Install. If the version is outdated, click Upgrade. If the function is incomplete, click Install All.

      Figure 1-3 Function management