Setup Guide
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction to PS Series Storage Arrays
- Steps for Setting Up and Using an Array
- Step 1. Set Up the Array Hardware
- Step 2. Configure the Array and Create a Group
- Step 3. Set the RAID Policy
- Step 4. Create a Volume
- Step 5. Connect to the Volume from a Host System
- Advanced Operations and More Information
- Index
PS Series 3000 QuickStart Step 4. Create a Volume
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Using the GUI to Create a Volume
To start the GUI, specify the group IP address in a Web browser. When prompted,
log in to the group by entering the
grpadmin account name and the password that
you specified when creating the group. The Group Summary window appears,
displaying the current group configuration and storage pool capacity.
Group Summary – No Volumes
Note: To obtain GUI and CLI help from the EqualLogic website, click
Tools in
the bottom left corner of the GUI and then click
Online Help. You can
also copy the help files from the PS Series documentation CD-ROM to the
system running the Web browser and then specify a local online help
location by clicking
User Preferences in the Tools menu.
To create a volume, click
Create volume in the Activities panel. The
Create Volume – General Settings dialog box appears. Enter the following:
•
Volume name — Unique name, up to 64 alphanumeric characters (including
periods, hyphens, and colons).
•
Volume size — Be sure to select the correct unit (by default, gigabytes).
•
Snapshot reserve — Amount of snapshot space to reserve for the volume
(by default, 100% of the volume size). To change the snapshot space warning
threshold and snapshot space recovery policy, you must modify the volume.
The values in the storage pool space table in the dialog box reflect the specified
volume size and snapshot reserve size.