Install Guide

PS6210 Install and SetupGuide
5 Storage Allocation
Youcancreateamaximumof16accesscontrolrecordsforavolume.
Thefollowingexamplecreatesa50GBvolumeandoneaccesscontrolrecord.Onlyacomputerwiththe
specifiedinitiatornamewillbeabletoaccessthevolume.
group1> volume create staff1 50GB
group1> volume select staff1 access create initiator iqn.1991-
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Using the GUI to Create a Volume
Toprovidestoragespacetoendusers,youcreatestandardvolumesthatuserscanthenaccessfromhost
computers.
Beforeyoucreateastandardvolume,youneedtounderstand:
• Volumeattributesandgroupwidedefaultsettingsofthegroupapplytoavolume.
• Volumesecurityandaccesscontrols.Inparticular:
– Theconditionsacomputermustmatchtoconnecttothevolumeanditssnapshots.SpecifyaCHAPuser
name,IPaddress,oriSCSIinitiatorname.Thisinformationgeneratesanaccesscontrolrecordthat
appliestothevolumeanditssnapshots.
– Permissionforthevolume,eitherread-write(default)orread-only.
– Whethertoallowordisallow(default)accesstothevolumeanditssnapshotsbyinitiatorswithdifferent
iSCSIqualifiednames(IQNs).
• Risksandbenefitsassociatedwiththinprovisioningbeforeapplyingthisfunctionalitytoavolume.
• Ifcreatingthevolumeexceedsthecapacityofthepool,freepoolspacehasanegativevalue.Reducethe
volumesize.
Ifyouenablethinprovisioning,youcanadjustthedefaultsettingsforthethin-provisionedvolumeattributes,
whicharebasedonapercentageofthereportedsize.
Tocreateastandardvolume,usetheCreateVolumewizarddescribedinthenextsection.
Create Volume Wizard
TheCreateVolumewizardguidesyouthroughtheprocessofdefininganewvolumeandsettingthevarious
optionsincludingname,size,poolassignment,sectorsize,snapshotspace,iSCSIoptions,andaccesscontrol
options.
Step 1: Volume Settings
Field Description Shortcut Key
Name
(Required)Anamethatuniquelyidentifiesthevolume.Maximum
lengthis63ASCIIcharacters(includingperiods,hyphens,and
colons).
Alt+A
Description
(Optional)Descriptivetextaboutthevolume'spurposeorother
distinguishingcharacteristics.Maximumlengthis127characters.
Alt+D
Create volume in
Ifthegrouphasvolumefolders,checkthischeckboxandselecta
Alt+F
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