Administrator Guide

Conguring a Storage Center to Inherit Settings........................................................................................................112
Managing Storage Center Users and Groups..............................................................................................................113
User Privilege Levels.................................................................................................................................................113
User Groups............................................................................................................................................................... 113
User Account Management and Authentication...................................................................................................113
Managing Local Storage Center Users...................................................................................................................113
Managing Local Storage Center User Groups.......................................................................................................119
Managing Local Storage Center User Password Requirements..........................................................................121
Enabling Directory Services Authentication.......................................................................................................... 123
Managing Directory Service Users.........................................................................................................................126
Managing Directory User Groups............................................................................................................................ 131
Managing Front-End I/O Ports.....................................................................................................................................133
Front-End Connectivity Modes.............................................................................................................................. 133
About Fault Domains and Ports..............................................................................................................................134
Failover Behavior...................................................................................................................................................... 136
Managing Front-End I/O Port Hardware...............................................................................................................136
Convert Front-End Ports to Virtual Port Mode....................................................................................................138
Managing Back-End I/O Port Hardware..................................................................................................................... 139
Congure Back-End Ports.......................................................................................................................................139
Congure Individual Back-End I/O Ports.............................................................................................................. 139
Rename a Back-End I/O Port.................................................................................................................................139
Grouping Fibre Channel I/O Ports Using Fault Domains........................................................................................... 140
Create a Fibre Channel Fault Domain.................................................................................................................... 140
Rename a Fibre Channel Fault Domain..................................................................................................................140
Delete a Fibre Channel Fault Domain......................................................................................................................141
Grouping iSCSI I/O Ports Using Fault Domains...........................................................................................................141
iSCSI VLAN Tagging Support.................................................................................................................................. 141
Creating iSCSI Fault Domains................................................................................................................................. 142
Modifying iSCSI Fault Domains...............................................................................................................................144
Conguring NAT Port Forwarding for iSCSI Fault Domains................................................................................148
Conguring CHAP for iSCSI Fault Domains..........................................................................................................150
Grouping SAS I/O Ports Using Fault Domains............................................................................................................153
Create a SAS Fault Domain.....................................................................................................................................153
Delete a SAS Fault Domain..................................................................................................................................... 153
Managing Disks and Disk Folders................................................................................................................................. 153
Storage Center Disk Management.........................................................................................................................154
Scan for New Disks..................................................................................................................................................154
Create a Disk Folder.................................................................................................................................................154
Delete Disk Folder.................................................................................................................................................... 155
Modify a Disk Folder................................................................................................................................................ 155
Manage Unassigned Disks...................................................................................................................................... 155
Enable or Disable the Disk Indicator Light.............................................................................................................156
Release a Disk...........................................................................................................................................................156
Cancel Releasing a Disk........................................................................................................................................... 157
Delete a Disk..............................................................................................................................................................157
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