Administrator Guide

8. Click OK.

Create a Volume and Map it to a Server

If a server requires additional storage and you do not want to use an existing volume, you can create and map a volume to the

server in a single operation.

1. Expand the Dell Storage Manager menu, and then click Storage.

2. In the SC Series tab, select a Storage Center to open the Storage Center view.

3. Click the Storage tab.

4. Click the Servers subtab.

5. Click the name of the server to open the Servers view.

6. Click More Actions → New → Volume. The Create Volume dialog box opens.

7. Leave the Volume Count field set to 1.

8. Enter a name for the volume in the Name field.

9. Select a unit of storage from the drop-down menu and enter the size for the volume in the Configured Size field. The available

storage units are kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).

10. In the Volume Folder pane, select the parent folder for the volume.

11. (Optional) Configure the remaining volume attributes as needed.

• To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Profiles by clicking Change

across from Snapshot Profiles.

• To configure LUN settings, restrict mapping paths, or present the volume as read-only, click Advanced Mapping.

• To disable read cache on the volume, clear the Enabled checkbox next to Read Cache.

• To disable write cache on the volume, clear the Enabled checkbox next to Write Cache.

• Select Compression from the Data Reduction Profile drop-down menu to enable Data Compression.

• If more than one Storage Type is defined on the Storage Center, select the Storage Type to provide storage from the

Storage Type drop-down menu.

12. Click OK. The volume is created and mapped to the server.