Install Guide

5 Storage Allocation
Allocatinggroupstoragespacetousersinvolvesthefollowingsteps:
1. Create a Volume on page 23.
2. Connect a Computer to a Volume on page 27.
Afterallocatingstorage,youcancustomizethegroupanduseitsmoreadvancedfeatures.See
Where to Go After Setting Up a Group on page 29.
Create a Volume
Toallocategroupstoragespacetousersandapplications,usetheGroupManagerCLIorGUI
tocreatevolumes.AvolumeappearsonthenetworkasaniSCSItarget.Whenyoucreatea
volume,specifytheinformationdescribedinTable8.
Table 8: Volume Configuration Information
Component Description
Volumename
Auniquename,63orfewercharacters(includingletters,numbers,periods,
hyphens,andcolons).ThevolumenameisappendedtotheendoftheiSCSItarget
name,whichisautomaticallygeneratedforthevolume.Accesstoavolumeis
alwaysthroughthetargetname.
Volumesize
ThereportedsizeofthevolumeasseenbyiSCSIinitiators.Theminimumvolume
sizeis15MB.Volumesizesareroundeduptothenextmultipleof15MB.
Optionally,youcansetasidespaceforvolumesnapshotsorconfigureavolumewiththin
provisioning.However,thinprovisioningisnotappropriateforallstorageenvironments.Seethe
Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Guideforinformationaboutadvancedvolume
functionality.
Using the CLI to Create a Volume
1. Logintothegroup.
Useoneofthesemethodstoconnecttothegroup:
• Serialconnectiontoamember.SeeSet Up a Serial Connection to the Array on page 13.
• TelnetorsshconnectiontothegroupIPaddress.
Attheloginprompt,enterthegrpadminaccountnameandthepasswordthatyouspecified
whencreatingthegroup.
2. AttheGroupManagercommandprompt,usethefollowingcommandtocreatethevolume:
volume createvolume_namesize[GB]
Specifythevolumenameandsize(thedefaultunitofmeasureismegabytes).
3. Usethefollowingcommandtocreateanaccesscontrolrecordforthevolume:
volume selectvolume_nameaccess createaccess_control
Theaccess_controlparametercanbeoneorbothofthefollowingoptions:
• initiatorinitiator_name
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