Dell Compellent 40 User Manual
Storage Center 5.5
System Manager
User Guide
Storage Center System Manager 5.5 User Guide
680-019-009
Revision Date Description
A 03/16/11 Initial release for Storage Center 5.5.2
B 4/12/11 Updated to include new locations for contacting Dell technical support and downloading
product manuals and other editorial changes and corrections.
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Contents
Preface
Purpose vii
Related Publications vii
Contacting Dell Support Services vii
1 Introduction
What’s New in this Release 2
Introducing the Storage Center System Manager 7
Navigation 12
2 Quick Start Guide
Introduction 16
3 Servers
Introduction 28
Servers 29
Server Clusters 32
Virtual Servers 42
Common Server Commands 45
Managing HBAs 47
Managing Server Folders 52
Viewing Server Information 54
Topology Explorer Server Functions 62
4 Volumes
Introduction 66
Creating Volumes 67
Mapping Volumes to a Server 73
Import Data to Lowest Tier 80
Creating a Boot from SAN Volume 82
Modifying Volumes 86
Managing Volume Folders 91
Applying Replay Profiles 95
Copy, Mirror, and Migrate 97
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Viewing Volume Information 100
Recycle Bin 108
Topology Explorer Volume Functions 109
5 Disks
Introduction 114
Viewing Tiers 115
Adding Disks to a Storage Center System 116
Configuring Storage 120
Rebalancing RAID 122
Managing Disks 126
Managed Disk Folders 130
Importing from External Device without Replication License 133
Non-Standard Storage Types 138
6 Controllers
Introduction 142
About Controller Virtual Ports 143
Viewing Controller Properties 144
Viewing Controller Status 146
Viewing FC Folders and Cards 150
Viewing iSCSI Cards 159
Creating a Remote Storage Center Connection 173
Configuring Remote Connections Using CHAP 181
Viewing SAS Cards 190
Rebalancing Local Ports 194
7 System Management
Setting Up a Storage Center 196
Configuring Local Ports 201
Configuring iSCSI IO Cards 211
Allowing Replications to/from Remote Systems 212
Viewing Licensed Applications 213
Configuring System Access via IP Filtering 214
Viewing Disk Space Usage Summary 220
SNMP Server 227
Viewing System Properties 229
Selecting RAID Stripe Width 230
Data Progression 232
Setting System Cache 234
Configuring Global Disk Spares 235
Adding Optional Information about Storage Center 236
Finding Unmanaged Hardware 237
Viewing Background Processes 240
Phoning Home 241
Viewing the System Log 243
Responding to the Alert Monitor 244
Monitoring Storage Space 247
Changing the Storage Alert Threshold 248
Adding Space 249
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Adding a Controller 250
Shutting Down and Restarting 252
Upgrading Storage Center Software 253
8 Users and Groups
Introduction 262
User Privilege Levels 263
Viewing Users 264
Changing User Properties 268
Configuring User Volume Defaults 272
Managing User Groups 277
9 Data Instant Replay
Introduction 284
Viewing Replay Profiles 285
Applying Replay Profiles to Volumes 288
Viewing Volumes Attached to a Replay Profile 290
Creating Replay Profiles 292
Adding Replay Profile Rules 300
Managing Replay Profiles 305
Recovering Data 321
10 Remote Instant Replay
Introduction 328
Synchronous and Asynchronous Replications 329
Estimating Bandwidth 330
Disallowing Replications Between Storage Center Systems 331
Establishing Physical Connectivity 332
Defining a QoS 333
Creating Volumes on a Remote System 338
Mapping an Existing Volume to a Remote System 339
Creating Replications 341
Creating a Simulated Replication 342
Viewing Replications 346
Modifying Replications 348
Re-creating a Volume from a Replication 349
11 Charting Viewer
Introduction 352
Downloading and Installing Charting Viewer 353
Using Charting Viewer 353
Viewing Storage Center Charts 356
Printing a Chart 357
Saving a Chart as a PNG Image 358
Zooming In and Out 358
12 Additional Hardware
Introduction 360
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Enclosures 360
Removing an Enclosure 371
Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) 373
Racks 374
13 IO Card Changes
I/O Card Change Wizard 380
A Storage Profiles
Overview 382
Changing User Volume Defaults 383
Storage Profiles Created by the System 384
Creating Custom Storage Profiles 385
Managing Storage Profiles 388
Manual Storage Mode 392
B Portable Volume
Introduction 398
List of Portable Volumes 398
C Enterprise Solid State Drives
Overview 402
Installation and Setup 403
D Configuring a UPS
Introduction 406
Configuring an APC™ UPS 406
Configuring a Liebert™ UPS 411
E Server HBA Settings
Introduction 416
Settings by HBA Vendor 416
Settings by Server Operating System 419
Glossary 425
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Preface
Purpose
The Storage Center System Manager User Guide describes the Storage Center System
Manager software that manages an individual Storage Center system.
Related Publications
Compellent Storage Center documentation consists of the following publications:
• Storage Center System Manager Setup Guide
Describes how to set up a new Storage Center.
• Storage Center System Manager Upgrade Guide
Describes how to upgrade Storage Center software from version 4.5.6 and above to
version 5.5 and from version 5.0 and higher to version 5.5.
• Storage Center Enterprise Manager User Guide
Describes how to use Enterprise Manager to view and manage one or more Storage
Centers, as well as generate and view charts and reports on Storage Center usage
statistics. In addition, describes how to use Remote Instant Replay to replicate Replays
to one or more Storage Centers.
To download Dell Compellent product manuals, go to:
http://www.dell.com/manuals
Contacting Dell Support Services
Please contact Dell Technical Support Services from the following address if you need
support assistance:
http://support.dell.com/compellent
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1 Introduction
What’s New in this Release 2
Introducing the Storage Center System Manager 7
Starting the Storage Center System Manager 7
Possible Messages on System Manager Startup 9
Navigation 12
View Menu 14
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Introduction
What’s New in this Release
Congratulations on making the move to Fluid Data storage from. The new Fluid Data
architecture combines a powerful data movement engine, virtualized software applications
and an agile hardware platform to intelligently manage data at a more granular level. The
patented technology optimizes performance, lowers costs and increases storage
utilization.
Storage Center 5.5
iSCSI Configure IO Card Wizard Improvements
All iSCSI cards are now configurable using the iSCSI Configure IO Cards wizard. In
previous releases, only uninitialized cards could be configured via this wizard. In addition,
all iSCSI IO cards detected by the system can now be configured from a single window
rather than configuring cards one at a time on separate windows. This functionality can be
accessed via the Startup Wizard and via Storage Center System Explorer through multiple
paths.
Search Capability added to GUI
A search capability has been added to the bottom of the system tree in System Explorer.
The search feature provides the ability to search through the system tree for objects . A
dropdown menu allows filtering objects by type: All (default), Volumes, Disks, Servers. Left
and right arrows allow navigating forward and back. An arrow to the left of the search field
allows you to minimize/maximize the search function. A checkbox is provided to match
case.
Configure Local Ports Changes
Front-end values for Fibre Channel ports attached an enclosure can no longer be set via
the Configure Local Ports wizard. In support of this change, a Enclosure Connected column
has been added to the FC ports table (virtual port and legacy port modes).
Demoting Volume Mappings from a Server Cluster to an Individual Cluster Node
In earlier versions of Storage Center, users were required to demote server cluster
mappings one at a time. In this version, users can demote multiple cluster mappings at the
same time using the Demote Mappings to Server Cluster Nodes window.
Restore Deleted User Wizard
The Restore Deleted User wizard enables users to select the deleted user to be restored
and provide a new password for the restored user.
Allow Replays to Coalesce into an Active Replay
The Volume Properties screen now displays an option to allow Replays for the displayed
volume to coalesce into the active Replay. This option is unselected by default. As part of
this change, the Space Consumption Limit and Import Data To Lowest Tier options have
also been moved from the General tab to the new Advanced tab of the Volume Properties
window.
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What’s New in this Release
OpenVMS Unique Disk IDs Displayed
The Volume Properties screen now allows the user to set the Open VMS Unique Disk Id for
the volume. This attribute is used by Open VMS to uniquely identify the volume. It is
ignored by other operating systems.
Log Filter Improvements
Users can now select a log filter timeframe from a dropdown menu on the Filter Log
Messages window. On dual-controller systems, logging can be set per controller. The
default is to show all log messages.
Enabling / Disabling Secure Console Access
If secure console access to the Storage Center was configured, menu options to restart and
disable this access are now available on the Storage Management > System menu. The
new menu options provide easy access to common secure console actions previously
available only within the Configure Secure Console wizard.
Storage Center 5.4
Model 40 Storage Controller (CT-SC040)
The Model 40 storage controller is based on the SuperMicro X8DTH-iF motherboard with
Intel Nehalem chipset technology.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet – 10Gb
This release adds Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) capabilities to the product line via
the QLogic FCoE CNA QLE8152 IO card. This card provides PCI Express dual 10Gbps
Ethernet ports with full hardware offload for FCoE protocol processing. While the QLE8152
is capable of standard TCP/IP and Ethernet processing, Storage Center only supports the
card for FCoE capabilities. The card must be connected to a CISCO Nexus 5000 series
switch.
Fibre Channel – 8Gb
This release provides a second source for 8Gb Fibre Channel interfaces via the QLogic
QLE2564 PCI Express, quad port, Fibre Channel adapter. This card provides functional
equivalence to the existing Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel card and can be used in addition to
as well as a replacement for the Emulex card.
SAS – 6 Gb
This release provides the next step in performance and scalability of the storage back-end
technology with the introduction of SAS 2.0 compliant 6G IO cards to communicate with
new SAS 2.0 6G compliant enclosures and disk drives. The LSI SAS 9200-16e is a quad
wide port full height PCI-e card with support for 16 lanes of 6Gb interfaces. The initial
release of SAS 6G provides support for 48 devices per chain, with the ability to have two
chains of devices per IO Card. SAS connections are described in greater detail in the
Storage Center 5.4 SAS Connections Guide, document number 680-049-001.
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iSCSI Card – Enhanced 10Gb Support
This release provides 10Gb iSCSI support for additional network interface, switches, and
server operating systems beyond what was available in the previous release, including
support for the Chelsio S320E-CR (PCIe based) adapter. This is a dual-port IO card utilizing
the Chelsio T3 (terminator 3) ASIC for 10 Gb offload processing.
IO Card Change Wizard
The new IO Card Change Wizard provides a user interface within the Storage Center
System Manager to the utility used to map hardware changes to existing configurations.
The wizard can be used for IO card upgrades and removals or when upgrading controllers.
For more information, see Storage Center 5.4 I/O Change Wizard, document number
685-001-001 available through Dell Support Services.
Storage Center 5.3
iSCSI Card – Limited 10 Gigabit Support
This release introduces limited support for the Chelsio S320E-CR 10Gbps iSCSI card.
Configure Operational Mode
Legacy and Virtual Port operational mode can be selected during initial system setup for a
new Storage Center when Virtual Ports are licensed. This feature is described in the
Storage Center System Setup Guide, document number 680-022-007. After initial system
setup, ports can be configured within Storage Center Manager by using the Configure
Local Ports wizard.
Configure Local Ports Wizard
The redesigned Configure Local Ports wizard combines Legacy and Virtual Port
configuration in a single wizard. The Configure Local Ports screen displays a list of
controllers, slots, and ports present on the Storage Center. For each IO card and port used
on each controller, you can specify a network value of front end or back end and a usage
of primary or reserved.
iSCSI Qualified Names (IQNs)
In previous releases, servers were created using WorldWide Names (WWNs) for HBAs.
Users now have a choice when creating servers — WWN or iSCSI Name. The default is
iSCSI Name. For server ports, the iSCSI name is a user-defined string that might follow the
conventional iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) format, but does not have to, and is intended to
be globally unique. The Storage Center does not impose the IQN format for servers and
enforces uniqueness only within a single Storage Center system.
Storage Center 5.2.2
Server Cluster
Storage Center 5.2.2 enables the selection of volumes to be promoted to a server cluster
when creating the cluster. Previously, all volumes mapped to server nodes were
automatically promoted to the Server Cluster. Once a volume is mapped to a Server
Cluster, it can be demoted from the Server Cluster to a server node. When a volume is
mapped to a server node, it can be promoted to a Server Cluster.
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What’s New in this Release
Import Mode
Import Mode allows you to import data directly to the lowest configured tier of storage.
Advanced Mapping Display
An option exists to allow advanced mapping information to be displayed. By default, this
option is turned off.
Storage Center 5.2.1
RAID 6
In addition to RAID 10 and RAID 5-5/5-9, Storage Center allows you to select RAID 6 for
any storage tier. RAID 6 provides greater storage redundancy and efficient use of disks.
Secondary DNS Server
Users now have the option of entering a secondary DNS server. If a path is not available to
the primary DNS server, the Storage Center connects to the secondary DNS server.
Import from External Device
Previously, a synchronous replication license was required for data to be loaded from an
external device. Now the command to Import from an External Device and Classify Disk as
External are available without a synchronous replication license. Import from External
Device uses synchronous replication to import data from a non-Storage Center device.
Storage Center 5.1
System Dashboard
The license window that appeared in previous versions of the System Manager is replaced
with a System Dashboard that displays used and available storage space, and a history of
storage use. The Dashboard lets you monitor your space more efficiently. The license
window is available from the Help menu.
Storage Center 5.0
Virtual Ports
Virtual Ports eliminate the need for reserve ports. When operating in Virtual Port mode all
front-end ports accept IO.
Consistency Groups
Consistency Groups create a synchronized Replay of all volumes within the consistency
group while the IO stream on all volumes is halted. This creates a consistent data set.
Consistency Groups can also be replicated to other Storage Centers.
Mapping
Storage Center adds the ability for you to identify the operating system of each server so
that it can map Volumes to Servers based on the rules of the operating system of the server.
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Portable Volume
A Portable Volume is a removable USB drive that moves large quantities of data between
replicating systems to establish a baseline replication. Portable volumes are configured in
Enterprise Manager.
Leibert™ UPS
Storage Center 5 supports the Liebert Uninterruptable Power Supply. The UPS is now
managed through SNMP.
SAS
Storage Center 5 supports SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) protocol enclosures and disks. SAS
achieves data transfer speeds on four wide lanes of each SAS port
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Introducing the Storage Center System Manager
Introducing the Storage Center System Manager
The Storage Center System Manager:
• Provides a central management interface to create and manage Storage Center
volumes, servers, disks, and users.
• Displays the status of hardware components.
• Enables local and remote backup and restore.
• Provides Phone Home technical support.
• Allows multiple users to have different levels of access privileges.
In addition to the System Manager, Storage Center provides a rich set of separatelylicensed applications that support dynamic storage. To view currently licensed applications,
from the Help menu, select Licensed Features.
Note Figures in this document show views, menus, and options displayed when logged in
with Administrator privileges. If you are logged in as a Volume Manager or Reporter,
what you see displayed may differ from the figures and options described in this User
Guide.
Starting the Storage Center System Manager
Access Storage Center System Manager from a workstation or PC on the same network as
the Storage Center controller. View the Storage Center System Manager through one of
these browsers:
• Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer Versions 7, 8, and 9
• Mozilla Firefox Version 3 on Microsoft Windows
If you log on using an unsupported browser, the system returns a warning stating that some
functions of the Storage Center software may not function as expected.
Note The Storage Center System Manager cannot load with the following unique
combination of applications: Windows 2008 (64 bit), FireFox 3.0, and Java Runtime
Environment 6_10.
To start Storage Center System Manager
1 In the address bar of the web browser, enter the name or IP address of the
Management controller. (This was configured during setup.) A security alert appears.
2 Click Yes to acknowledge the alert. The Storage Center System Manager login window
appears.
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Figure 1. Login Window
3 In the User ID field, enter the default ID:
Admin
4 Enter the default password:
mmm
5 Click Login. If an additional security alert appears, click Yes to continue.
Note The End User License Agreement is displayed the first time a new user logs onto the
Storage Center. Click Accept to continue.
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Introducing the Storage Center System Manager
Possible Messages on System Manager Startup
Unbalanced Local Ports
If a controller has been added or taken offline, ports can become unbalanced. The Startup
wizard warns you if local ports are unbalanced.
To balance unbalanced ports
Click Yes to rebalance local ports.
To turn off the rebalance ports message
1 Select the Controllers node.
2 From the shortcut menu, select Rebalance Local Ports.
3 Uncheck the option to check for unbalanced local ports at startup.
IO Card Change Detected
If an IO card change is detected on system startup, Storage Center will automatically
launch the IO Card Change Wizard. For information about this wizard, refer to I/O Card
Change Wizard on page 380.
Unmanaged Hardware
If the System Manager finds unmanaged hardware, such as disks or server host bus
adaptors (HBAs), it prompts you to manage them. For more information on managing
unassigned disks, refer to Adding Unassigned Disks to a Folder on page 119. For more
information on HBAs, refer to Managing HBAs on page 47.
Viewing the System Explorer
When the system recognizes the user name and password, the System Explorer opens.
• Storage Management menu: Displays Storage Center commands.
• Shortcut menu: The shortcut menu appears when you select a component. It is
displayed at the top of the System Explorer below the menus as well as when you rightclick an component. The Shortcut menu displays commands specific to the selected
component.
• System Tree: Shown in the left frame of the System Explorer, the System Tree displays
logical and physical components.
• View menu: Displays different views of the system.
• Alert Monitor: Displays component status. Click the System Status button to view
additional information including the system log.
• Advisor Pages: Most windows, include advisor pages with additional information
about commands and information displayed in the window. To open an advisor page,
click on the Advisor button.
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System Dashboard
The center frame of the System Explorer opens to the System Dashboard.
Figure 2. System Explorer View
The Storage Summary displays:
• Date and time the summary report was generated
• Status: Normal or Space Low. Space Low indicates that you must add storage.
• Total disk space: The amount of raw disk space available.
• Used disk space: Space used by volumes and replays (blue on the bar graph)
• Free disk space: Space available for volumes and replays (gray in the bar graph).
• Unhealthy/Bad space (if any) Space found on any unhealthy disks, or any bad space
found on disks which are healthy. This appears only if unhealthy or bad disk space has
been found (black in the bar graph).
• A bar graph on the right edge of the window shows the Storage Alert Threshold. If free
space falls below the Low Space Threshold, the System Manager sends an alert,
warning you to add additional disks.
• Search function in the lower left provides the ability to search through the system tree
for objects with matching names. A dropdown menu allows filtering objects by type: All
(default), Volumes, Disks, or Servers. A checkbox is provided to match case (default).
Left and right arrows allow you to navigate forward and backward. The arrow to the left
of the search field allows you to minimize/maximize the search panel.
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Introducing the Storage Center System Manager
Storage History
The Storage History displays an overview of past storage use:
• Numbers on the left showing the amount of disk space in GB.
• Blue line shows the amount of space used recently.
• Red line shows the amount of raw disk space available.
• Yellow line shows the Storage Alert Threshold
Note In rare instances, a Storage Center system will have more than one disk folder. In
this case, the System Manager displays a Storage Summary and Storage History for
each disk folder.
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Navigation
Storage Management Menu
To view System Manager commands, click the Storage Management menu, directly below
the title bar.
Figure 3. Storage Management Menu
System Tree
Expand component folders in the System Tree to view component status.
Figure 4. System Tree
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Navigation
Shortcut Menu
Select an item in the system tree to view a shortcut menu for that item. Commands in the
shortcut menu also appear at the top of the System Explorer window.
If there is not sufficient room to display all shortcut menu commands at the top of the
window, a down arrow is displayed. Click the arrow to display all commands shown in the
shortcut menu.
Shortcut menu
Shortcut menu commands
Down arrow
Figure 5. Shortcut Menu
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Selecting Multiple Components
To perform one command on multiple similar components:
1 In the system tree, select a component folder, such as Volumes or Assigned Disks.
2 In the main window, using the Shift or Ctrl key, select multiple objects. The shortcut
menu above the main window displays commands available to multiple objects. For
example, clicking on the Volumes folder icon and selecting volumes in the main window
allows you to delete multiple volumes at once or move multiple volumes to a new folder.
View Menu
Click View to open the View menu.
Figure 6. View Menu
The View menu provides multiple ways to configure a system or view system properties.
Options are specific to each individual view. To display the view menu, click the View menu
at the top of the Storage Center window.
Once a View window is open, the tab for that view appears at the top of the window.
Figure 7. Open View Tabs
If a tab is displayed, click the tab to display the view window. View windows remain open
during a Storage Management session. Close a view window and tab by clicking on the X
in the right corner of the tab. If more tabs are available than can be displayed, click the scroll
arrows at the far right of the tabs to scroll through the open tabs. Selecting a view that is
already opened displays the window; it does not open a second window. Set Update
Frequency, Find, and Scroll Setting appear at the top of most views.
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2 Quick Start Guide
Introduction 16
Step 1. Manage Unmanaged Hardware 16
Step 2. Change Admin Password 17
Step 3. Create Servers 18
Step 4. Configure Your User Volume Defaults 20
Step 5. Create Multiple Volumes 23
Step 6. Monitor Alerts - Ongoing 25
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Introduction
Though Storage Center has many sophisticated commands, the following six steps allow
you to initially manage a Storage Center system.
A fully redundant system has no single point of failure, as long as a failing physical
component is replaced in a timely manner. Storage Center monitors all of the physical
components, including storage space consumed and available. User properties allow you
to enter up to three telephone numbers (include cell phones) to IT personnel. Alerts inform
you of system and component status.
Step 1. Manage Unmanaged Hardware
It is assumed that the hardware attached to the Storage Center controller was identified
during Installation. If not, Storage Center recognizes unmanaged hardware and asks that
you manage it. If all hardware is managed, turn to Step 2 on page 17.
Storage Center groups disks into a disk folder to create one pool of storage from which
volumes are created. By using one disk folder, you maximize Thin Provisioning and
Dynamic Capacity. Managing unassigned disks means to move them into a managed disk
folder.
To manage unassigned disks
1 In the system tree, expand Disks.
2 Open the Unassigned Disk Folder.
3 From the list of disks, select disks to be managed. For the most efficient use of the
Storage Center, select all the disks.
4 Click Continue. The Select Hot Spare window appears. A hot spare replaces a failed
disk. It is held in reserve until needed. A spare disk must be as large or larger than the
largest disk in the disk folder. At least one hot spare must be reserved for each
enclosure. The system selects the optimal disk to be a spare. Accept the default or
select one or more disks to be used as a hot spare(s).
5 Click Continue. The disk folder confirmation window appears. The default name for the
disk folder is Assigned. Enter another name or accept the default. Optionally, enter
notes for the folder.
6 After verifying all disk folder information, click Create Now. The system asks you to
confirm. Click OK.
7 Select a Disk Folder.
8 From the shortcut menu, select Configure Storage. The System Manager combines
the disks into a single pool of storage from which to create volumes.
9 When the system informs you of the type of storage that it prepared, click Close.
Note If the system asks you to Rebalance RAID devices, select Rebalance Now. For
more information, refer to Rebalancing RAID on page 122
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Step 2. Change Admin Password
Note You must be an administrator to change this password.
To change the Admin password
1 In the system tree, click the Users icon to view users.
2 Select the an icon, such as Admin.
3 From the shortcut menu, select Change User Password. The Change User
Password window appears.
4 Enter and re-enter a password.
5 Click OK. The password is changed.
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Step 3. Create Servers
To create a new FC or iSCSI server
1 In the Storage Management window, select the servers folder.
2 From the shortcut menu, select Create Server. The Create Server wizard appears,
listing HBAs recognized by the Storage Center.
Figure 8. Create Server
3 Select one or more HBAs and click Continue. A window appears asking you to name
the server.
Figure 9. Name Server
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4 Enter a name for the server or accept the default.
5 From the drop-down menu, select an operating system for this server. Volumes will be
mapped to this server according to the rules of the operating system of the server.
6 Select an existing server folder or create a new server folder. To create a folder at this
time, click Create a New Folder. Enter a folder name and any notes (up to 255
characters). Click OK.
7 Click Continue.
8 Click Create Now. The commands that appear in this window depend on the action you
just completed.
Figure 10. Server Created Window
9 Click Close.
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Step 4. Configure Your User Volume Defaults
There are defaults for volumes you create. You can change properties for any individual
volume, but if you are going to create many volumes, streamline the process by configuring
the volume defaults.
To configure your user volume defaults
1 In the system tree, click the Users icon to view users.
2 Select your user icon, such as Admin.
3 From the shortcut menu, select Configure User’s Volume Defaults. The Configure
User Volumes Defaults window appears.
Figure 11. General User Volume Defaults
4 Select a default disk folder from which to draw storage. The default is the folder you
created in Step 1 on page 16.
5 If you enabled system-wide cache in setup, enable or disable cache for volumes you
create. Check or clear the Allow Changes box to the right of the Cache options.
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6 Enter a Volume Size. The default is 500 GB. Remember, this space is not reserved,
only allocated. This means that you can allocate more disk space than you actually
have. You need to add additional disks when the space actually used reaches 80% of
total physical space.
7 Select or disable Show block size in volume wizards.
8 Enter a Base Volume Name. When you create many volumes at once, the System
Manager increments this name by one. As you quickly add volumes, the names appears
as New Volume 1, New Volume 2, New Volume 3, etc.
Set Volume Replay Defaults
Volume Replays defaults set the default Replay schedule for volumes you create.
To configure volume Replays
1 In the Configure User Volumes Defaults window, select the Replay tab. The default
Replay schedule appears.
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Figure 12. Set Volume Replay Defaults
2 From the dropdown menu at the top of the window, choose to be queried for a Replay
schedule when you create a volume or to automatically use the default Replay schedule
for new volumes.
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To configure mapping defaults
Confirm user volume defaults
3 Select a default Replay Profile. The rules in these two Replay Profiles cannot be
changed. (To create your own Replay schedule, refer to the instructions in Creating
Replay Profiles on page 292.)
4 Enter a Minimum Allowed Replay Interval or accept the default. A minimum allowed
Replay restricts the intervals between Replays.
Set Mapping Defaults
Mapping Defaults selects a default sever to which to map volumes.
1 In the Configure User Volumes Defaults window, click on the Mapping tab.
2 From the servers you created in Step 3 on page 18, select a server to which to
automatically map the volumes you create. For more information on mapping options,
including advanced options, refer to User Volume Defaults - Mapping on page 275.
When you have changed volume defaults, click OK. Volumes you create will be created
with these defaults.
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