Setting up a Dell EqualLogic to use with VMWare (part 1)

I have finished the initial configuration of a Dell EqualLogic SAN for a customer.  This is my first time setting up an EqualLogic, but I have experience with other SAN technologies.  Why EqualLogic?  It was what the customer wanted and was not a budget buster.  They didn't need massive speed like Pure Storage and didn't need a huge amount of space.  

On the the un-boxing and configuration:  Dell has done a nice job of packaging the system,  It had all of the needed components and I was happy with how easy the rails are.  Dell rails are much easier to install in the last few years across all products.

Required information you need before starting:
Array Name
IP Address for the Management Interface
Group Name (if joining other EqualLogic SAN) or New Group Name
IP Address for the Group (Array)
Network connection to eth0 (Otherwise the initial configuration will not complete). 
Computer with a com port or USB to com adapter
HyperTerminal (or similar program) I use putty for as much as possible. 

Make sure that the computer is hooked up to the com port in the rear controller that is active.  Look at the back, the one with both green lights is active.  The secondary has one green and one amber light.

Turn on the EqualLogic SAN
If the computer is hooked up properly you will see txt on the screen as the system boots.
When it is finished it will prompt to log in
User: grpadmin
PW: grpadmin

It should discover that it is not configured and prompt for the following
Enter the network configuration for the array.
Member name []: CustArray1
Network interface [eth0]:
IP address for network interface []: 192.168.10.10
Netmask [255.255.255.0]:
Default gateway [192.168.10.1]:
Initializing interface eth0.  This may take a minute…
Enter the IP address and name of the group that the array will join.
Group name []: CustGroup1
Group IP address []: 192.168.10.11
Searching to see if the group exists.  This may take a few minutes.

The group does not exist or currently cannot be reached. Make sure
you have entered the correct group IP address and group name.
Do you want to create a new group (yes | no) [yes]:
Group Configuration
Group Name:                     CustGroup1
Group IP address:               192.168.10.11
Do you want to use the group settings shown above (yes | no) [yes]:
 Password for managing group membership:
Change the password

Once this was finished, I switched to the webgui using the IP address above.
Here is where I had the most problems.  The Java Certificate was expired and I had to go into the java security configuration and put in an exception for the IP address.  Otherwise I couldn't manage the site.  (I mean to test this again after upgrading the EqualLogic firmware)

The gui is pretty straight forward to use, I configured my system as a single RAID-6 device.  23 drives and one spare.

I created 5 logical partitions each at a few TB in size to segregate the VMWare traffic