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DP-503-F4A3 RAID SUBSYSTEM
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3.7 Volume Set Function
A Volume Set is seen by the host system as a single logical device. It is organized in a RAID level
with one or more physical disks. RAID level refers to the level of data performance and protection
of a Volume Set. A Volume Set capacity can consume all or a portion of the raw capacity
available in a Raid Set.
Multiple Volume Sets can exist on a group of disks in a Raid Set. Additional Volume Sets created in
a specified Raid Set will reside on all the physical disks in the Raid Set. Thus each Volume Set on the
Raid Set will have its data spread evenly across all the disks in the Raid Set.
3.7.1 Create Volume Set
The following are the Volume Set features:
1. Volume sets of different RAID levels may coexist on the same Raid Set.
2. Up to 16 Volume Sets maximum can be created in the RAID subsystem.
To create Volume Set from a Raid Set, expand the Volume Set Functions in the main menu and
click on the
Create Volume Set link. The Select The Raid Set To Create Volume On It
screen will show all existing Raid Sets. Tick on the Raid Set where you want to create the
Volume Set and then click on the Submit button.
The Volume Set setup screen allows user to configure the Volume Name, Capacity, RAID level,
Initialization Mode, Stripe Size, Cache Mode, Tagged Command Queuing, and Fibre Channel/LUN.
Volume Name:
The default Volume Set name will always appear as “Volume Set # xx”. You can rename the
Volume Set name provided it does not exceed the 15 characters limit.