User Manual

Using the RAID GUI
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Remove hosts
Select the host(s) you want to delete and click Remove. Check the ‘Only
remove from host group’ box if you want to remove the host(s) from the
host group only.
Modify hosts/host group
Select a host you want to change for its host name, host group ID, or host
group name, and click Modify to enter the settings screen.
Add LUNs in Host Group
After setting the host(s), click Back to return to the symmetric storage
main screen. Then click Add to add LUNs in the HG(s).
Remove LUNs from host
Select the LUN(s) you want to remove and click Remove. To remove all
LUNs of a virtual disk from one or all hosts, check the ‘Remove mapping
virtual disk from all host’ box.
• Selective method
Selective storage is used in complicated SAN environments, where there
are multiple hosts accessing the controller through an FC switch. This
method provides the most flexibility for you to manage the logical
HG ID Select a HG ID from the drop-down menu. A
maximum of 32 hosts can be added to the
controller.
LUN ID Select a LUN ID from the drop-down menu.
where up to 128 IDs are available for the
selection.
Mapping Virtual Disk Select a virtual disk from the drop-down menu
for LUN mapping.
Sector Size 512Byte / 1KB / 2KB / 4KB
Select a sector size from the drop-down menu as
the basic unit of data transfer in a host.
Number of Cylinder /
Number of Head /
Number of Sector
Define a specific cylinder, head, and sector to
accommodate different host systems and
applications. The default is Auto.
Write Completion Write-behind: Write commands are reported as
completed when host’s data is transferred to the
write cache.
Write-through: Write commands are reported as
completed only when host’s data has been
written to disk.