Administrator Guide

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PS Series Group Operations
You can perform basic and advanced operations on the PS Series SAN.
Table 23. PS Series Group Operations
Group Operations Pool Operations Volume Operations
Basic Add a member
Modify the IP address or name
Set or convert a RAID policy
Convert a RAID policy
Create, modify, or delete a pool Create, modify, or delete volumes
Create, modify, or delete volume collections
Create, modify, or delete volume folders
Advanced Shut down a group
Override automatic load
balancing
Merge storage pools Restore deleted volumes
Change the reported volume size
Reclaim unallocated space
Set a volume or snapshot with lost blocks
online
Manage storage capacity utilization on
demand (thin provisioning)
Improve pool space utilization (template
volumes and thin clones)
Improve performance with data center
bridging (DCB)
About Group Network Conguration
The group network conguration, which you set when creating a group, includes the group name and group IP address.
You can modify the group name and IP address, although you should change them only when necessary.
• The group name identies the group on the network. Group names must be unique in your network environment. A group name
can consist of 1 to 54 ASCII characters (letters, numbers, or hyphens). The rst ASCII character must be a letter or number.
• The group IP address is the network address for the group. You use the group IP address as the iSCSI discovery address when
connecting initiators to iSCSI targets in the group.
You also use the group IP address to access the group for management purposes, unless you congured a dedicated
management network.
• If you are using IPv6 addresses exclusively in the group, you must use the CLI to change the group IP address. See the Dell
EqualLogic Group Manager CLI Reference Guide for more information.
• If you have replication partners congured, you must update those groups with the changes.
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