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Advanced Operations and More Information
After getting started, you can customize a PS Series group and also utilize the full
set of product features and host-based solutions.
You can also obtain technical support. For more information, see Product
Documentation and Technical Support on page vi.
The following table lists advanced operations. These group, volume, and member
tasks are fully documented in the Group Administration manual.
Advanced Operations
Group Task
Description
Add a member. Although a one-member group is fully functional, adding
more arrays expands storage pool capacity, increases
network bandwidth, and improves overall group
performance—without disrupting data availability.
Modify the date, time, or
time zone or configure
NTP.
Group time is based on the clock on the first member, which
is set at the factory. The default time zone is EST. You can
also configure the group to use an NTP server.
Create administration
accounts.
The
grpadmin account is the default administration
account. You can set up additional accounts.
Set up event notification. To be informed of significant events in a timely manner, set
up e-mail or syslog notification.
Configure iSNS. To automate iSCSI target discovery, you can configure the
group to use an iSNS server.
Configure CHAP. You can use CHAP to restrict host access to volumes. Both
initiator and target CHAP authentication are supported.
Configure SNMP. To monitor traps from the group, you can use SNMP.
Create pools. With multi-member groups, you can create additional pools
and assign members and volumes to the pools.