Install Guide

PS6210 Install and Setup Guide

4 Software Configuration

Ifyouusedthesetuputilitytocreateorexpandagroup,oraddedthearraytoanexistinggroupwiththeRemote

Setupwizard,youmustsettheRAIDpolicyforthegroupmember.

UseeithertheGroupManagercommandlineinterface(CLI)orthegraphicaluserinterface(GUI)tosetthe

RAIDpolicy.

Using the CLI to Set the RAID Policy

TousetheGroupManagerCLItosettheRAIDpolicyforanewgroupmember:

1. Logintothegroup,ifyouarenotalreadyloggedin.(Afterthesetuputilitycompletes,youwillstillbe

loggedintothegroup.)Useoneofthefollowingmethodstoconnecttothegroup:

– Serialconnectiontoamember.SeeSet Up a Serial Connection to the Array on page 14.

– TelnetorsshconnectiontothegroupIPaddress.

2. Attheloginprompt,enterthegrpadminaccountnameandthepasswordthatyouspecifiedwhencreatingthe

group.

3. AttheGroupManagercommandprompt,enterthefollowingcommandtospecifyRAID6,orRAID6-

accelerated(availableXSarraymodelsonly),RAID10,orRAID50forthepolicyvariable:

member select member_name raid-policy policy

Forexample,thefollowingcommandconfiguresmember1withRAID6:

member select member1 raid-policy raid6

Using the Group Manager GUI to Set the RAID Policy

ForthelatestinformationonbrowsersupportfortheGroupManagerGUI,seethePSSeriesRelease Notes.

AfteryouaddamembertoaPSSeriesgroup,youmustsettheRAIDpolicyforthememberandchoosethe

storagepool.ThestorageinthememberisavailableafteryousettheRAIDpolicy.

TousetheGUItosettheRAIDpolicyforamembers,usethefollowingprocedure:

Procedure

1. ClickGroupandthenclickthegroupnametoopentheGroupSummarywindow.

2. ExpandMembersandthendouble-clickthemembername.TheGUIshowswhetheramemberisconfigured

ornot.

3. ClickYesinthewarningdialogboxtoopentheConfigureMember–GeneralSettingsdialogbox.

4. SelectthepoolandclickNext.Ifprompted,confirmyouwanttoassignthemembertothepool.

5. SelecttheRAIDpolicyontheConfigureMember–RAIDConfigurationdialogbox.

6. (Optional)SelectWait until the member storage initialization completes.

7. ClickNext.

8. ClickFinishintheConfigureMember–Summarydialogbox.

Note: AfterinitialRAIDconfiguration,ittakesafewminutesforGroupManagertodisplaythetotalusable

capacity.GroupManagermightshowasmalleramountuntiltheprocessiscomplete.