Administrator Guide

Changing The RAID Level Of A Disk Group......................................................................................................88
Removing A Host-To-Virtual Disk Mapping Using Linux DMMP......................................................................88
Restricted Mappings..............................................................................................................................................89
Storage Partitioning................................................................................................................................................90
Disk Group And Virtual Disk Expansion..................................................................................................................91
Disk Group Expansion......................................................................................................................................91
Virtual Disk Expansion......................................................................................................................................91
Using Free Capacity.........................................................................................................................................91
Using Unconfigured Capacity..........................................................................................................................92
Disk Group Migration..............................................................................................................................................92
Export Disk Group.............................................................................................................................................92
Import Disk Group............................................................................................................................................93
Storage Array Media Scan.....................................................................................................................................94
Changing Media Scan Settings........................................................................................................................94
Suspending The Media Scan...........................................................................................................................95
8 Disk Pools And Disk Pool Virtual Disks..................................................................................97
Difference Between Disk Groups And Disk Pools..................................................................................................97
Disk Pool Restrictions.............................................................................................................................................97
Creating A Disk Pool Manually...............................................................................................................................98
Automatically Managing The Unconfigured Capacity In Disk Pools......................................................................99
Locating Physical Disks In A Disk Pool...................................................................................................................99
Renaming A Disk Pool...........................................................................................................................................100
Configuring Alert Notifications For A Disk Pool....................................................................................................100
Adding Unassigned Physical Disks To A Disk Pool..............................................................................................101
Configuring The Preservation Capacity Of A Disk Pool........................................................................................101
Changing The Modification Priority Of A Disk Pool..............................................................................................102
Changing The RAID Controller Module Ownership Of A Disk Pool......................................................................102
Checking Data Consistency..................................................................................................................................103
Deleting A Disk Pool.............................................................................................................................................104
Viewing Storage Array Logical Components And Associated Physical Components ........................................104
Secure Disk Pools.................................................................................................................................................105
Changing Capacity On Existing Thin Virtual Disks................................................................................................106
Creating A Thin Virtual Disk From A Disk Pool......................................................................................................106
9 Using SSD Cache....................................................................................................................109
How SSD Cache Works........................................................................................................................................109
Benefits Of SSD Cache.........................................................................................................................................109
Choosing SSD Cache Parameters........................................................................................................................109
SSD Cache Restrictions........................................................................................................................................110
Creating An SSD Cache........................................................................................................................................110
Viewing Physical Components Associated With An SSD Cache.........................................................................110