User`s guide

Dell DX Object Storage – File Gateway Deployment Guide
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20. Edit the partition layout as follows:
Note: In a single-server configuration, where there are two RAID 1 groups, the 1
st
(OS) RAID group may
show up as sdb
a. Create the boot partition.
i. Select the free space under sda.
ii. Click Create.
iii. Select Standard Partition and click Create.
iv. Enter /boot for Mount Point.
v. Ensure that sda is selected under allowable drives, and enter 1024 for Size.
vi. Check Force to be a primary partition and click OK.
b. Create the logical volume for the root.
i. Click Free under sda1 and click Create.
ii. Select LVM Physical Volume and click Create.
iii. Ensure that sda is the only drive selected, and select Fill to maximum allowable
size. And click OK.
iv. Select the physical volume you just created and select LVM Volume Group and
select Create.
v. In the Make LVM Volume Groups screen, click Add to make a logical volume.
vi. Enter / for the Mount Point, ext4 for File System Type, and LV_root for Logical
Volume Name.
vii. Enter 51 GB for Size and click OK.
c. Configure the remainder of disk (sda2) as an LVM physical disk (primary partition), using
the following values:
 Lv_var (Volume Name), 25G (Size) /var (Mount Point) ext4 (File system type)
 Lv_swap (Volume Name), 24G (Size) swap (File system
type)
 Leave the remainder of LVM space unallocated and available for customers to
create new volumes as needed or expand existing volumes.
21. Click Next to initiate formatting the hard drives, and click Format when asked to confirm.