Administrator Guide
Enter Key Management Server Settings
Specify key management server settings, such as hostname and port.
1. In the Hostname eld, type the host name or IP address of the key management server.
2. In the Port eld, type the number of a port with open communication with the key management server.
3. In the Timeout eld, type the amount of time in seconds after which the Storage Center should stop attempting to reconnect
to the key management server after a failure.
4. To add alternate key management servers, type the host name or IP address of another key management server in the
Alternate Hostnames area, and then click Add.
5. If the key management server requires a user name to validate the Storage Center certicate, enter the name in the Username
eld.
6. If the key management server requires a password to validate the Storage Center certicate, enter the password in the
Password eld.
7. Click Browse next to the Root CA Certicate. Navigate to the location of the root CA certicate on your computer and select
it.
8. Click Browse next to the certicate elds for the controllers. Navigate to the location of the controller certicates on your
computer and select them.
9. Click Next.
Create a Storage Type
Select the datapage size and redundancy level for the Storage Center.
1. Select a datapage size.
• Standard (2 MB Datapage Size): Default datapage size, this selection is appropriate for most applications.
• High Performance (512 KB Datapage Size): Appropriate for applications with high performance needs, or in environments
in which snapshots are taken frequently under heavy IO. Selecting this size increases overhead and reduces the maximum
available space in the Storage Type. Flash Optimized storage types use 512 KB by default.
• High Density (4 MB Datapage Size): Appropriate for systems that use a large amount of disk space and take snapshots
infrequently.
2. Modify the redundancy for each tier as needed.
• For single-redundant RAID levels, select Redundant.
• For dual-redundant RAID levels, select Dual Redundant.
3. To have the system attempt to keep existing drives on the same redundancy level when adding new drives, select the Attempt
to maintain redundancy when adding or removing disks check box.
4. Click Next.
Congure Ports
Set up Fibre Channel, iSCSI and SAS ports.
1. Select the check box of each type of port you want to congure. You must select at least one type to continue.
NOTE: If a port type is grayed out, no ports of that type have been detected.
2. Click Next.
Congure Fibre Channel Ports
For a Storage Center with Fibre Channel front-end ports, the Review Fault Domains page displays information about the fault
domains that were created by the Storage Center.
Prerequisite
One port from each controller within the same fault domain must be cabled.
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