Installation and Setup
Storage Allocation
4–2
Optionally, you can set aside space for volume snapshots or configure a volume
with thin provisioning. However, thin provisioning is not appropriate for all
storage environments. See the PS Series
Group Administration
manual for
information about advanced volume functionality.
Using the CLI to Create a Volume
1. Log in to the group.
Use one of these methods to connect to the group:
•
Serial connection to a member. See
Step 4: Set Up a Serial Connection to
on page 2-11 or
Step 4: Set Up a Serial Connection to the Array
•
Telnet or ssh connection to the group IP address.
At the login prompt, enter the
grpadmin
account name and the password that
you specified when creating the group.
2. At the Group Manager command prompt, use the following command to
create the volume:
volume create
volume_name
size
[GB]
Specify the volume name and size (the default unit of measure is megabytes).
3. Use the following command to create an access control record for the volume:
volume select
volume_name
access create
access_control
The
access_control
parameter can be one or more of the following:
•
initiator
initiator_name
•
ipaddress
ip_address
You can create a maximum of 16 access control records for a volume.
