The following are the prerequisites for configuring the storage appliance:
Powering on the storage appliance by pressing the switches on the storage controllers, as described in Power On the Exalogic Machine
Gathering information, such as IP address, IP net mask, Host name, Domain Name Server (DNS) domain name, DNS server IP address, Default router IP address, and Password for configuring an Ethernet interface on the storage controllers
Running the Oracle Exalogic Configuration Utility to reconfigure IP addresses and other network parameters for the storage appliance