Install Guide

PS4210 Installation Guide 5 Storage Allocation
Field Description Shortcut Key
New
ClickNewtodefineanewaccesspolicyorpolicygroup.
None
Edit
FromeithertheAvailablelistortheSelectedlist,selectan
accesspolicyorpolicygroupandclickEdittochangeit.
None
Step 4: Sector Size
Field Description Shortcut Key
Sector Size
Youcancreatevolumesthatuseeither512-byteor4KB
sectors.Thesectorsizeofavolumehasnodependencyonthe
sectorsizeofthephysicaldrivesinthearray.Thedefault
volumesettingof512bytesisalmostalwaysoptimal,evenif
thephysicaldrivesuse4KBsectors.
Ifyoucreateavolumethatuses4KBsectors,firstverifythat
youroperatingsystemsupports4KBsectors.Refertothe
documentationforyouroperatingsystemforinformation
aboutwhether4KBsectorsaresupported.
After you have created a volume, you cannot change its sector
size.
512bytes:Alt+5
4KB:Alt+4
Step 5: Summary
Thispageletsyoureviewthesettingsthatwillbeappliedtothenewvolume.Someoftheseare
thesettingsyoujustspecifiedinthewizardandothersaresetasdefaultsinthesoftware.
ReviewthesesettingsbeforeyouclickFinishandcreatethevolume.
Field Description
General
Settings
Displaysthevolumename,storagepoolassignment,volumesize,sectorsize,and
description
Snapshot
settings
Displaystheamountofsnapshotreservespace,andthecurrentdefaultsettings
regardingwhentoissuespacewarningsandhowtomanagespacerecovery
iSCSI
Access
DisplaystheiSCSIsettingsforthevolumeincludingtheaccesstypeandtheaccess
controlrulesthatwillbeapplied
Copy
Clickthislinktocopyatextversionofthesummarysettingstothecomputer's
clipboard
• Tomakechangestothesettings,usetheBackbuttonasnecessarytoreturntoprevious
screens.
• Tocreatethevolumewiththecurrentsettings,clicktheFinishbutton.
• Toclosethedialogboxwithoutcreatingthevolume,clickCancel.
Connect a Computer to a Volume
Whenyoucreateavolume,thePSSeriesgroupautomaticallygeneratesaniSCSItargetname,
withthevolumenameappendedtotheendofthetargetname.Eachvolumeappearsonthe
networkasaniSCSItarget.
AnexampleofaniSCSItargetnameforavolumenameddbvolisasfollows:
iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic.5-4a0900-2f00000-007eca92d654f160-dbvol
Toconnectacomputertoavolume:
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