Setup Guide

PS Series 3000 QuickStart Step 4. Create a Volume
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Using the CLI to Create a Volume
To access the CLI, establish a telnet or SSH connection to the group IP address or
use a serial connection to the array, as described in Step 1-F on page 15. When
prompted, log in to the group by entering the
grpadmin account name and the
password that you specified when creating the group.
To create a volume, use the following command format:
volume create volume_name size[GB] [option]
Specify the volume name and size (the default is megabytes).
Optionally, specify one or more of the following for the
option variable:
• snap-reserve percent_volume_size
• snap-depletion delete-oldest | volume-offline
• snap-warn percent_reserve_size
• unrestricted
The unrestricted option sets no restrictions on host access to the volume,
which is not recommended. Instead, to restrict host access to the volume, create
one or more access control records using the following command format:
volume select volume_name access create access_control
The access_control variable can be one or more of the following:
•
initiator initiator_name
•
ipaddress ip_address
•
username chap_username authmethod chap
The following example creates a 50 GB volume and two access control records
for the volume. Only a host that has IP address 112.15.7.119 or 112.15.12.120 will
be able to access the volume and its snapshots.
> volume create staff1 50GB
> volume select staff1 access create ipaddress 112.15.7.119
> volume select staff1 access create ipaddress 112.15.12.120