Chapter 3: Configuration Concepts
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Configuration Concepts
When you configure a storage array, you organize drives into a logical structure that
provides storage capacity and data protection so that one or more hosts can safely
store data in the storage array. This chapter provides definitions of the physical and
logical components required to organize the drives into a storage array configuration.
This chapter also describes how the components relate to each other.
Before you begin to configure your storage array, become familiar with these
concepts:
Controllers
Drives
Hot spares
Volume groups
Disk Pools
Volumes
RAID technology
Hosts
Host groups
Host bus adapter (HBA) host ports
Logical unit numbers (LUNs)
Configuring a RAID storage array requires caution and planning to make sure that
you define the correct RAID level and the configuration for your storage array. The
main purpose in configuring a storage array is to create volumes, which are
addressable by the hosts, from a collection of drives. The commands described in the
following chapters enable you to set up and run a RAID storage array. Additional
commands also are available to provide you with more control and flexibility in
managing and maintaining your storage array.
Controllers
All storage arrays have one or two controllers. The controllers are circuit-board
assemblies that manage data flow and communications between the hosts and the
drives in the storage array, keeping track of the logical addresses of where the data
resides. In general, each controller has a processor for performing control operations,
NVSRAM for storing the firmware code that operates the storage array, and the buses
along which the data flows.
The controllers are located in a controller tray or a controller-drive tray. A controller
tray or a controller-drive tray has two positions for controllers: slot A and slot B. The
script commands identify each controller by the slot in which the controller is
installed. If a controller tray or a controller-drive tray has only one controller, the
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