Administrator Guide

How Storage Virtualization Works................................................................................................................................. 45
Storage Center Hardware Components..................................................................................................................45
Disk Management......................................................................................................................................................46
Drive Spares................................................................................................................................................................47
Volumes....................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Storage Types.............................................................................................................................................................48
Data Progression........................................................................................................................................................49
Low Space Modes..................................................................................................................................................... 50
Storage Center Operation Modes............................................................................................................................ 51
Storage Proles...........................................................................................................................................................51
User Interface for Storage Center Management.........................................................................................................54
Summary Tab..............................................................................................................................................................55
Storage Tab.................................................................................................................................................................56
Hardware Tab..............................................................................................................................................................57
IO Usage Tab.............................................................................................................................................................. 58
Charting Tab............................................................................................................................................................... 58
Alerts Tab.................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Logs Tab......................................................................................................................................................................59
4 Storage Center Deployment......................................................................................................................... 61
Supported Operating Systems for Storage Center Automated Setup ..................................................................... 61
Discover and Congure Uninitialized SCv2000 Series Storage Centers................................................................... 61
Open the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers Wizard From the Storage Manager
Client Welcome Screen..............................................................................................................................................61
Open the Discover and Congure Uninitialized Storage Centers Wizard from the Storage Manager
Client........................................................................................................................................................................... 62
Select a Storage Center to Initialize........................................................................................................................ 62
Set System Information............................................................................................................................................ 63
Set Administrator Information.................................................................................................................................. 63
Congure iSCSI Fault Domains (iSCSI Front-End Only).......................................................................................63
Conrm the Storage Center Conguration............................................................................................................ 64
Deploy the Storage Center....................................................................................................................................... 64
Review Redundant Paths (FC or SAS Front-End Only)....................................................................................... 64
Inherit Settings...........................................................................................................................................................64
Congure Time Settings........................................................................................................................................... 65
Congure SMTP Server Settings............................................................................................................................ 65
Set Up SupportAssist ...............................................................................................................................................65
Accept the SupportAssist Collection Agreement.................................................................................................. 66
Provide Contact Information.................................................................................................................................... 66
Provide Site Contact Information............................................................................................................................ 66
Validate SupportAssist Connection......................................................................................................................... 66
Update Storage Center............................................................................................................................................. 67
Set Default Storage Prole (SCv2000 Series Controllers Only).......................................................................... 67
Complete Conguration and Perform Next Steps.................................................................................................68
Discover and Congure Uninitialized SCv3000 Series Storage Centers ................................................................. 69
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