Dell EqualLogic PS4210, Installation And Setup Manual

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PS4210 Installation Guide 5 Storage Allocation
Field Description Shortcut Key
New
Click New to define a new access policy or policy group. None
Edit
From either the Available list or the Selected list, select an
access policy or policy group and click Edit to change it.
None
Step 4: Sector Size
Field Description Shortcut Key
Sector Size
You can create volumes that use either 512-byte or 4KB
sectors. The sector size of a volume has no dependency on the
sector size of the physical drives in the array. The default
volume setting of 512 bytes is almost always optimal, even if
the physical drives use 4KB sectors.
If you create a volume that uses 4KB sectors, first verify that
your operating system supports 4KB sectors. Refer to the
documentation for your operating system for information
about whether 4KB sectors are supported.
After you have created a volume, you cannot change its sector
size.
512 bytes: Alt+5
4KB: Alt+4
Step 5: Summary
This page lets you review the settings that will be applied to the new volume. Some of these are
the settings you just specified in the wizard and others are set as defaults in the software.
Review these settings before you click
Finish
and create the volume.
Field Description
General
Settings
Displays the volume name, storage pool assignment, volume size, sector size, and
description
Snapshot
settings
Displays the amount of snapshot reserve space, and the current default settings
regarding when to issue space warnings and how to manage space recovery
iSCSI
Access
Displays the iSCSI settings for the volume including the access type and the access
control rules that will be applied
Copy
Click this link to copy a text version of the summary settings to the computer's
clipboard
• To make changes to the settings, use the
Back
button as necessary to return to previous
screens.
• To create the volume with the current settings, click the
Finish
button.
• To close the dialog box without creating the volume, click
Cancel
.
Connect a Computer to a Volume
When you create a volume, the PS Series group automatically generates an iSCSI target name,
with the volume name appended to the end of the target name. Each volume appears on the
network as an iSCSI target.
An example of an iSCSI target name for a volume named
dbvol
is as follows:
iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic.5-4a0900-2f00000-007eca92d654f160-dbvol
To connect a computer to a volume:
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