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

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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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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

1In 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.

2Click Yes to acknowledge the alert. The Storage Center System Manager login window appears.

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Figure 1. Login Window

3In the User ID field, enter the default ID:

Admin

4Enter the default password: mmm

5Click 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:

1In the system tree, select a component folder, such as Volumes or Assigned Disks.

2In 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.

2Open the Unassigned Disk Folder.

3From the list of disks, select disks to be managed. For the most efficient use of the Storage Center, select all the disks.

4Click 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).

5Click 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.

6After verifying all disk folder information, click Create Now. The system asks you to confirm. Click OK.

7Select a Disk Folder.

8From the shortcut menu, select Configure Storage. The System Manager combines the disks into a single pool of storage from which to create volumes.

9When 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.

2From the shortcut menu, select Create Server. The Create Server wizard appears, listing HBAs recognized by the Storage Center.

Figure 8. Create Server

3Select one or more HBAs and click Continue. A window appears asking you to name the server.

Figure 9. Name Server

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4Enter a name for the server or accept the default.

5From 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.

6Select 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.

7Click Continue.

8Click 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

4Select a default disk folder from which to draw storage. The default is the folder you created in Step 1 on page 16.

5If 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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6Enter 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.

7Select or disable Show block size in volume wizards.

8Enter 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

1In the Configure User Volumes Defaults window, select the Replay tab. The default Replay schedule appears.

Figure 12. Set Volume Replay Defaults

2From 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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3Select 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.)

4Enter 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.

To configure mapping defaults

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.

Confirm user volume defaults

When you have changed volume defaults, click OK. Volumes you create will be created with these defaults.

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