Inspur AS1100H, User Manual

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2. Select the storage arrays to configure, click ok, system will start related Array
Management Window (AMW).
3. On setup page of Array Management Window (AMW), click Configure Storage Array.
4. Select configuration task:
Auto configuration
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this method can create volume groups constituted by volumes with
same capacity, and appoint proper hot spare disk protection automatically. This method is suitable
for the condition that having no special capacity requirements on each volume or hoping to
configure volume group, volume or hot spare disk; users can select the appropriate configuration
from the suggested configuration list.
Create volume group and volume
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this method can create just one volume at a time, but give
more control to volume group and volume (i.e. raid level, volume group and volume capacity). If
having special capacity requirements on each volume or hoping to have more control when
specifying various parameters, please use this method.
Assign hot spare disk
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this method can allow management software to assign appropriate hot
spare disk automatically (same as the aforementioned auto configuration method), or select the
unconfigured driver to create hot spare disk manually.
5. Select the suitable step according to the conditions.
Don’t use storage partition function and select auto configuration method, please go to step 6.
Don’t use storage partition function and select auto configuration method, confirm whether
all volumes have been mapped to the default group, please go to step 8.
Use storage partition function, please go to step 7.
6. Click map volume button on the setup page of AMW, select the default group, and assign
LUN for each group, please go to step 8.
7. Click mappings, select suitable host or host group, volume or LUN, select mappings
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define, click sanshare storage partitioning, and then operate according to prompts.
8. After creating all volumes and mapping, register these volumes on the host to enable them
to be used by the operating system.
According to different operating systems, use different tools to enable volumes (assign drive
letter, create mount points and so on), refer to host operating system documentation for more
details.
If HP-UX is used, the following command shall be run on each host, to modify overtime
value on each block device created on storage arrays to 120: pvchange -t 120 /dev/dsk/c x t x d x (which
shall be run again if the host is restarted).