Administrator Guide

• The Assigned disk folder was created during initial conguration of the Storage Center. Managing unassigned disks means moving the
disk to a managed disk folder.
• When Unisphere detects self-encrypting drives (SEDs) that are Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 certied, it
formats the drives for Secure Data use.
– If Self-Encrypting Drives is licensed, disks will be managed in a Secure Data folder.
– If Self-Encrypting Drives is not licensed, disks will be treated as unsecured drives, but may be upgraded to Secure Data status if a
license is purchased in the future.
Storage Center Disk Management
For SC7020, SC5020, and SCv3000, Storage Center manages disks automatically. When conguring a storage system, Storage Center
manages the disks into folders based on function of the disk. FIPS-certied Self-Encrypting Drives (SEDs) are managed into a separate
folder than other disks. When Storage Center detects new disks, it manages the disk into the appropriate folder.
In Storage Center version 7.3 and later, the Automatic Drive Placement function can be turned on or o for all Storage Centers (except
SCv2000 series) using the Storage Center Storage settings. See below for SCv2000 series disk management.
Disk Management on SCv2000 Series Controllers
Storage Centers with SCv2000 series controllers manage disks automatically, limiting the disk management options. After adding disks,
Storage Center recognizes the new disks, creates a new disk folder if necessary, then manages the disks in the disk folder. If a disk is
intentionally down for testing purposes, then is deleted, you can restore the disk to manage the disk again in a disk folder.
The following disk management options are not available with SCv2000 series controllers:
• Creating disk folders
• Adding disks to disk folders
• Managing disk spares
Scan for New Disks
Scanning for disks recognizes new disks and allows them to be assigned to a disk folder.
1 If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane.
2 From the STORAGE menu, select Disks.
The Disks view is displayed.
3 Click Scan For Disks.
The Scan For Disks dialog box opens.
4 Click Yes.
Create a Disk Folder
Creating a disk folder manages unassigned disks in the new disk folder.
About this task
NOTE
: Having multiple disk folders may cause storage to be used ineciently.
Steps
1 If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane.
2 From the STORAGE menu, select Disks.
The Disks view is displayed.
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