11.0 HP StoreVirtual Storage VSA Installation and Configuration Guide (TA688-96141, September 2013)

Figure 5 Configuring the hardware
1. Configure RAID and the network from these categories
Creating your first StoreVirtual cluster
Use the Management Groups, Clusters, and Volumes wizard to create your storage pool. For
information about using the wizards, see the HP StoreVirtual Storage User Guide or the HP
StoreVirtual Storage Online Help.
Best Practice Summary
Use the Best Practice Summary on the SAN Status Page in the CMC to review your configuration
and to ensure you are following best practices for the disk RAID and Network RAID configurations,
as well as network configurations and the overall configuration. The Best Practice Summary provides
an easy-to-use reference about best practices that can increase the reliability and performance of
your configurations. Move the mouse over a best practice item to see an explanation of the best
practice.
1. Navigate to the SAN Status Page in the CMC.
2. Log in to the management group to verify the Best Practices for that management group.
Adding storage capacity to a StoreVirtual VSA
Add storage capacity to a StoreVirtual VSA by adding up to 6 additional virtual disks for a total
of 7 disks. Ensure that if you add capacity to a StoreVirtual VSA in a cluster, you balance the
capacity of all the storage systems in the cluster , i.e. all storage systems should have the same
capacity. See “Using StoreVirtual VSAs and HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage” (page 8) for
information about storage capacity and platforms in a cluster.
The following steps describe how to add disks after the StoreVirtual VSA has been added to a
management group and cluster. However, you can add the disks to the StoreVirtual VSA when
you first configure it, before you use it for clustered storage.
NOTE: When adding new capacity to the StoreVirtual VSA, make sure you have the right license
to accommodate the capacity. See Table 1 (page 5).
If you have upgraded to LeftHand OS version 11.0 from version 9.0, it is necessary to change the
iSCSI controller to a paravirtual adapter to allow for disks to be added while the StoreVirtual VSA
is powered on. To make this change, open the vSphere client on the vSphere server from which
the StoreVirtual VSA is being deployed. Right-click the StoreVirtual VSA and select Settings. Change
the adapter type from iSCSI controller to paravirtual adapter.
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