17. In the Select Logical Disk Binding
Method window, you can choose
between binding logical disks within the
initialization wizard and creating logical
disks after completing the initialization
process.
Choosing the
Bind logical disks using
the wizard
option allows you to use the
wizard to create and bind logical disks to
application servers using RAID1, RAID6
(4+PQ), or RAID6 (8+PQ) while
performing the array initialization.
If another type of logical disk is required,
this step can be skipped by choosing the
Bind logical disks later
option.
After choosing the appropriate option,
click
Next
to continue.
18. If the
Bind logical disks using the
wizard
option was selected in the
previous step, the Select LD Binding
Parameters window will appear and
allow you to create and bind logical
disks to application servers.
The following options are available when
binding logical disks from the wizard:
•
RAID Type/PD Type
– Choose the
RAID type and the physical disk
type if both SAS and SATA disks
are in the array.
•
LD Capacity
– Set the capacity of
the logical disks.
•
Number of LDs
– Set the number of logical disks to create.
•
Select Hosts
– Assign up to two application servers to access the logical disks or create the logical
disk without assigning it to any hosts.
•
LD Set Name
– Assign a name to the logical disk set.
•
LD Name Prefix
– Add a prefix name to the logical disk.
•
Quick Format
– Perform a quick format of any logical disks created.
•
GPT Disk Type
– If a volume is larger than 2 TB, GPT type needs to be enabled.
•
Create Hot Spare
– Assign a physical disk as a hot spare drive for the logical disk.
(Recommended)
•
Refresh button
– The refresh button can be used if no hosts are selectable when creating a logical
disk. This button will bring up a window that prompts for an update with information from the
Storage Manager server or to update with information from a file.
When all settings are correct, click
Next
to continue.
Note:
If you change the Number of LDs, the LD Capacity needs to be manually changed.
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