LaCie 131018 - StorView Snapshot - Mac, User Manual

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StorView RAID Module
4.7 Monitoring Settings ................................................................................................................... 37
4.7.1 Additional Monitoring Servers .......................................................................................... 38
4.7.2 Remove Monitored StorView Server IP ........................................................................... 38
5 Storage Assistant ......................................................................................................................... 39
5.1 Assisted Automatic Configuration ............................................................................................. 39
6 Configuring a Storage Solution ................................................................................................... 45
6.1 Creating Disk Arrays ................................................................................................................. 45
6.1.1 RAID Levels ..................................................................................................................... 45
6.1.2 Terminology ..................................................................................................................... 46
6.1.3 Optimization and Drive Selection for RAID 5 and 6 ......................................................... 48
6.2 Create the Array ........................................................................................................................ 48
6.2.1 Configuring Array Writeback Cache ................................................................................. 54
6.3 Initializing the Array ................................................................................................................... 55
6.3.1 Pause/Resume the Initialization ....................................................................................... 56
6.4 Adding Hot Spare Drives ........................................................................................................... 57
6.4.1 Assigning a Global Spare ................................................................................................ 57
6.4.2 Assigning a Dedicated Spare ........................................................................................... 58
6.4.3 Removing a Spare ........................................................................................................... 60
6.4.4 Auto Spare ....................................................................................................................... 61
6.5 Create the Logical Drive ............................................................................................................ 62
6.6 Saving the Configuration ........................................................................................................... 65
6.6.1 Saving the Configuration .................................................................................................. 65
7 SAN LUN Mapping ........................................................................................................................ 69
7.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 69
7.2 Terminology .............................................................................................................................. 69
7.3 Accessing SAN LUN Mapping .................................................................................................. 70
7.4 Overview: SAN LUN Mapping Window ..................................................................................... 72
7.4.1 HBA Ports Name Section ................................................................................................. 72
7.4.2 ADD NEW MAP Section .................................................................................................. 73
7.4.3 SELECTED HOST HBA PORT CONNECTION Section ................................................. 73
7.5 Creating a SAN LUN Mapping .................................................................................................. 74
7.6 Deleting a SAN LUN Mapping ................................................................................................... 77
7.7 Modifying a SAN LUN Mapping ................................................................................................ 78
8 Controller Environmentals ........................................................................................................... 81
8.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 81
8.2 Controller Environmentals ......................................................................................................... 81
8.2.1 Status ............................................................................................................................... 83
8.2.2 Hardware/Firmware ......................................................................................................... 83
8.2.3 Configuration .................................................................................................................... 83
8.2.4 Operations ....................................................................................................................... 83
9 Controller Advanced Settings ..................................................................................................... 91
9.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 91
9.2 Advanced Settings .................................................................................................................... 91
9.2.1 Identity ............................................................................................................................. 92
9.2.2 Fault Tolerance ................................................................................................................ 94
9.2.3 Host Ports ........................................................................................................................ 96