Install Guide

Task Description
suchasfirmwareupgrades.
AccountscanbeconfiguredtobeauthenticatedthroughthePSSeries
group,RADIUS,orbyusingLDAPorActiveDirectoryauthentication.
Setupeventnotification
Tobeinformedofsignificanteventsinatimelymanner,setupemail
orsyslognotification.
ConfigureSNMP
Tomonitortrapsfromthegroup,youcanuseSNMP.Inaddition,you
needtoconfigureSNMPtousetheManualTransferUtilityandother
third-partymonitoringtools.
ConfigureiSNS
ToautomateiSCSItargetdiscovery,youcanconfigurethegrouptouse
aniSNSserver.
ConfigureCHAPaccounts
YoucanuseCHAPtorestrictcomputeraccesstovolumes.Both
initiatorandtargetCHAPauthenticationaresupported.
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.
Addamembertothegroup
Althoughaone-membergroupisfullyfunctional,addingmorearrays
expandscapacity,increasesnetworkbandwidth,andimprovesoverall
groupperformance,withnodisruptiontodataavailability.
Createpools
Withmulti-membergroups,youcancreatemultiplepoolsandassign
membersandvolumestothepoolsforatieredstoragesolution.
Setupadedicated
managementnetwork
Youcansetupaseparatemanagementnetworkforsecuritypurposes.
Createsnapshotsofavolume
Snapshotsarepoint-in-timecopiesofvolumedatathatcanbeusedfor
backups.
Createschedulesfor
snapshotsorreplicas
Schedulesenableyoutoregularlycreatesnapshotsorreplicasofa
volume.
Createcollections
Collectionsenableyoutogroupmultiple,relatedvolumesforthe
purposeofcreatingsnapshotsorreplicas.Theadministratorcanthen
createamulti-volumesnapshotoramulti-volumereplicainasingle
operationorthroughasingleschedule.
Enablethinprovisioningfor
avolume
Someenvironmentscanbenefitfromthinprovisioning,whichenables
youtoallocatespacetoavolumeaccordingtousagepatterns.
Setupreplicationacross
differentgroups
Replicasarepoint-in-timecopiesofvolumedatathatarestoredona
differentgroup.
Cloneavolumeorsnapshot Cloningcreatesanewvolumeinthegroup.
Recoverdatafromsnapshots
orreplicas
Therearevariousoptionsforrecoveringdatafromsnapshotsor
replicas.
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PS4210 Installation Guide 6 Where to Go After Setting Up a Group