Adaptec Snap Server 700i Series, User Manual

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Adding More Components to Your IP SAN
Chapter 8 Modifying Your iSCSI Storage 87
Using the iSCSI Storage Appliance Wizard
1
In the Enterprise View, select the Management Service.
2
In the Actions menu, click
Configure SAN
.
The wizard opens.
3
Click
Add new iSCSI storage appliance
.
The Add iSCSI Storage Appliance window opens.
4
Enter the host name of an iSCSI Storage Host. Alternatively, if you assigned a
static IP address to the iSCSI Storage Host, enter it instead of the host name.
5
Click
Add
.
The system is added to the Management Service. To provision storage to the
system, see “Provisioning Storage Automatically” on page 40.
Capacity Limitations
This section lists the capacity limitations for the components in your IP SAN.
Component Description Capacity Limitation
Number of pools in an iSCSI Storage
Appliance 20
Maximum pool size 512 TB
Number of characters in a pool name Up to 15
Physical devices in a RAID 0, RAID 1E, RAID
5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 pool 16
Physical devices in a RAID 50 or RAID 60 pool 100
Note : Each RAID 5 or RAID 6 leg may not
have more than 16 physical devices
Physical devices in a RAID 1 pool 2
Logical devices in a pool 512
Logical devices supported by an iSCSI Storage
Appliance 512
Number of characters in a logical device name Up to 16