Administrator Guide

5 Select the Storage Center and/or active controller for volume creation, and click Next.
6 If necessary, select one or more hosts to which to map the new Dell volume, and click Next.
7 Select Create New Dell Volume, and click Next.
8 Select among the following steps that pertain to your environment. The steps that apply depend on the user-preferences settings of
the Storage Center user in
Storage Manager.
a Type the name and size for the new volume, select the volume folder, and click Next.
b Select the pagepool to use for creating the volume.
c Select the storage options for this volume.
• Select a Storage Prole for the volume. Dell recommends using the Recommended (All Tiers) prole for most volumes.
• If your storage system contains multiple disk folders, select a Disk Folder from the drop-down menu.
Click Next.
NOTE: If the Reduction Prole option has been set to enable Compression in the user preferences of
Storage Manager, Compression will be applied to the datastore. For information about managing the
preferences, see the Dell Storage Manager Administrator’s Guide .
d Select a Snapshot Prole for the volume, and click Next.
e Select the LUN for mapping the volume, and click Next.
9 If necessary, select the protocol for mapping, and click Next.
10 Select the compatibility mode for the raw device, and click Next.
The Ready to Complete page opens.
11 Click Finish.
Related links
Add Storage
Compatibility Mode
Device Conguration
Datastore Properties
Host Selection
Mapping LUN
Protocol Selection
Snapshot Prole
Storage Center
Volume
Volume Settings
Add an RDM Using an Existing Dell Volume
An RDM can be created from an existing Dell volume and mapped to a virtual machine using the vSphere Web Client Plugin.
Prerequisite
The active controller option is not available if the Storage Center user in Storage Manager only has volume manager privileges.
Steps
1 Select the virtual machine in inventory to which to add an RDM.
2 Select Actions > All Dell Storage Actions > Add Raw Device.
The Add Storage wizard starts with the Device Conguration page open.
3 Select Map Existing Raw Device Mapping to Hosts and Clusters and select a virtual device node.
4 Click Next.
The Storage Center page opens.
5 Select the Storage Center and/or active controller for volume creation, and click Next.
6 If necessary, select one or more hosts to which to map the new Dell volume, and click Next.
7 Select Map Existing Dell Volume, and click Next.
8 Find and select an existing Dell volume to map as a raw device, and click Next.
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