HP ProLiant DL100 G2 DPSS, Administration Manual

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Con fi gurable and pre-con fi gured storage
Certain storage servers ship with storage con fi gured only for the operating system. The administrator must
con fi gure data storage for the storage server. Other storage servers ship with pre-con fi gured storage for
data. Depending on the type of storage server purchased, additional storage con fi guration is required.
Con fi guring additional storage involves creating arrays, logical disks, and volumes. Table 9 shows the
general task areas to be performed as well as the utilities needed to con fi gure storage for an HP Smart
Array-based storage server.
Table 9 Tasks and utilities needed for storage server con fi guration
Task Storage management utility
Create disk arrays HP Array Con fi guration Utility or Storage Manager
Create logical disks from the array space HP Array Con fi guration Utility or Storage Manager
Verify newly created logical disks
Windows Disk Management
Create a volume on the new logical disk Windows Disk Management
NOTE:
The type of con fi guration may not apply to all supported storage components and serves only as an
example providing basic guidance.
• Create disk arrays—On storage servers with con fi gurable storage, physical disks can be
arranged as RAID arrays for fault tolerance and enhanced performance, and then segmented into
logical disks of appropriate sizes for particular storage needs. These logical disks then become
the volumes that appear as drives on the storage server.
CAUTION:
For hardware RAID-based storage servers, the fi rst controller has logical drives pre-con fi gured under
Array A. These logical drives are con fi gured for the storage server operating system and should not
be altered in any manner.
The fault tolerance level depends on the amount of disks selected when the array was created.
A minimum of two disks is required for RAID 0+1 con fi guration, three disks for a RAID 5
con fi guration, and four disks for a RAID 5 ADG con fi guration.
• Create logical disks from the array space—Select the desired fault tolerance, stripe size, and
size of the logical disk.
• Verify newly created logical disks—Verify that disks matching the newly created sizes are
displayed.
• Create a volume on the new logical disk—Select a drive letter and enter a volume label, volume
size, allocation unit size, and mount point (if desired).
NOTE:
Do not tamper with the “DON’T ERASE” or local C: volume. These are reserved volumes and must
be maintained as they exist.
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