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 14.
• 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
• ipaddressip_address
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