Task 12: Setting-Up Basic Storage; Before You Begin - Promise Technology VTRAK S3000 Guia De Inicio Rapido

Task 12: Setting-up Basic Storage

Use the PROMISE Management Console to set up your storage. The word
storage refers to a LUN or logical drive on your VTrak RAID subsystem or JBOD
enclosure.
For basic storage, there are five steps.
1. Discover the storage.
2. Virtualize the storage.
3. Create a logical resource.
4. Create a SAN client, either Fibre Channel or iSCSI.
5. Assign storage to the SAN client.

Before You Begin

Before you begin setting up your storage, verify that:
• You are logged into the Management Console. See "Logging into the
Management Console" on page 10.
• There is at least one logical drive on the VTrak subsystem. See "Configuring
your Logical Drives" on page 51.
Discovering the Storage
To discover the storage:
In the Tree, expand a SCSI
discover your LUN.
If the LUN does not appear, right-click the Physical Adapters
choose Rescan from the popup menu.
Virtualizing the Storage
To virtualize the storage:
1. In the Tree, under Physical Devices
Devices
The Disk Preparation dialog box opens.
2. In the dialog box, choose Reserve for Virtual Device from the dropdown
menu and click the OK button.
The Warning (data loss) dialog box opens.
3. In the dialog box, type yes in the field provided and click the OK button.
The Success dialog box opens.
, right-click a LUN and choose Properties from the popup menu.
Task 12: Setting-up Basic Storage
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