Administrator Guide

6. If the key management server requires a password to validate the Storage Center certificate, enter the password in the
Password field.
7. Click Browse next to the Root CA Certificate. Navigate to the location of the root CA certificate on your computer and
select it.
8. Click Browse next to the certificate fields for the controllers. Navigate to the location of the controller certificates on your
computer and select them.
9. Click Next.
Create a Storage Type
Select the datapage size and redundancy level for the Storage Center.
Steps
1. Select a datapage size.
● Standard (2 MB Datapage Size): Default datapage size, this selection is appropriate for most applications.
● High Performance (512 KB Datapage Size): Appropriate for applications with high performance needs, or in
environments in which snapshots are taken frequently under heavy I/O. Selecting this size increases overhead and
reduces the maximum available space in the Storage Type. All-flash storage systems use 512 KB by default.
● High Density (4 MB Datapage Size): Appropriate for systems that use a large amount of disk space and take
snapshots infrequently.
2. Select a redundancy type.
● Redundant: Protects against the loss of any one drive (if single redundant) or any two drives (if dual redundant).
● Non-Redundant: Uses RAID 0 in all classes, in all tiers. Data is striped but provides no redundancy. If one drive fails, all
data is lost.
NOTE:
Non-Redundant is not recommended because data is not protected against a drive failure. Do not use
non-redundant storage for a volume unless the data has been backed up elsewhere.
3. For Redundant Storage Types, you must select a redundancy level for each tier unless the drive type or size requires a
specific redundancy level
● Single Redundant: Single-redundant tiers can contain any of the following types of RAID storage:
○ RAID 10 (each drive is mirrored)
○ RAID 5-5 (striped across 5 drives)
○ RAID 5-9 (striped across 9 drives)
● Dual redundant: Dual redundant is the recommended redundancy level for all tiers. It is enforced for 3 TB HDDs and
higher and for 18 TB SSDs and higher. Dual-redundant tiers can contain any of the following types of RAID storage:
○ RAID 10 Dual-Mirror (data is written simultaneously to three separate drives)
○ RAID 6-6 (4 data segments, 2 parity segments for each stripe)
○ RAID 6-10 (8 data segments, 2 parity segments for each stripe.)
4. Drive Addition is selected by default. Leave this option selected.
5. Click Next.
Fault Tolerance
Set up Fibre Channel, iSCSI and SAS ports with redundant paths for fault tolerance.
Steps
1. Select the checkbox of each type of port you want to configure. You must select at least one type to continue.
NOTE: If a port type is grayed out, no ports of that type have been detected.
2. Click Next.
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