Administrator Guide

Disk Management for SC7020, SC5020, and SCv3000
Storage Center manages disks for SC7020, SC7020F , SC5020, SC5020F, and SCv3000 storage systems automatically. When
conguring one of those storage systems,
Storage Center manages the disks into folders based on function of the disk. FIPS
capable drives are managed into a separate folder than other disks. When Storage Center detects new disks, it manages the disk into
the appropriate folder.
Storage Center disables the automatic disk management function when a user creates a new disk folder. Deleting the user-created
disk folder enables the automatic disk management function. The automatic disk management function will not automatically
manage any disk that has been previously released by Storage Center. If you are attempting to manage a previously released disk,
you must manually manage the disk into the appropriate folder.
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
Related link
Restore a Disk
Scan for New Disks
Scanning for disks recognizes new disks and allows them to be assigned to a disk folder.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, click the Disks node.
4. Click Scan For Disks. After the scan completes, a conrmation dialog box appears.
5. Click OK.
Create a Disk Folder
Creating a disk folder also manages unassigned disks into the new disk folder and sets the tier redundancy.
About this task
NOTE: Having multiple disk folders may cause storage to be used ineciently.
Steps
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, click the Disks node.
4. Click Create Disk Folder. The Create Disk Folder dialog box appears displaying all unmanaged disks and designates spare disks.
5. Type a name in the Name eld.
6. To select the disks to be managed, click Change.
7. To modify the tier redundancy, click the Create Storage Type check box then modify the redundancy for each tier as needed.
• For single redundant RAID levels, select Redundant.
• For dual-redundant RAID levels, select Dual Redundant.
8. Click OK.
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