Creating Disk Groups Manually - Dell NX3600 Deployment Manual

The Introduction (Create Disk Group) window is displayed.
4. In the Introduction (Create Disk Group) window, click Next.
The Disk Group Name & Physical Disk Selection window is displayed.
5. Type a name for the disk group in Disk Group Name.
It is recommended that you use the name of the NAS cluster appended by disk group and number for the disk group
name. For example, NX3600-Disk-Group-0 .
NOTE: The disk group name must not exceed 30 characters.
6. In Physical Disk selection, select Automatic and click Next.
The RAID Level and Capacity screen is displayed.
7. In the RAID Level and Capacity window, select the appropriate RAID level from the RAID level list.
You can select RAID levels 1/10, 5, or 6. Depending on the RAID level chosen, the physical disks available for the
selected RAID level are displayed in the Select Capacity table.
8. In the Select Capacity table, select the preferred disk group capacity, and click Finish.
The Disk Group Created screen is displayed. If you are going to use two disk groups, repeat the procedure and then
proceed to Creating Virtual
NOTE: If you select Yes in the Disk Group Created screen, the Introduction (Create Virtual Disk) screen is
displayed. Proceed to step 4 of

Creating Disk Groups Manually

To create disk groups manually:
1. Launch the PowerVault MDSM software on the management station.
2. Select the MD storage array you plan to use for your NAS storage.
3. Start the Create Disk Group Wizard using one of the following methods:
– On the Storage & Copy Services tab, select Unconfigured Capacity and select Create Disk Group from the
pop-up menu. In version 10.80.x6.47 of the PowerVault MDSM, on the Logical tab, select Unconfigured
Capacity or right-click Unconfigured Capacity and select Create Disk Group from the pop-up menu.
– On the Hardware tab, select one or more unassigned physical disks of the same physical disk type, or right-
click the unassigned physical disk and select Create Disk Group from the pop-up menu. In version
10.80.x6.47 of the PowerVault MDSM, on the Physical tab, select one or more unassigned physical disks of
the same physical disk type or right-click the unassigned physical disk and select Create Disk Group from
the pop-up menu.
The Introduction (Create Disk Group) window is displayed.
4. In the Introduction (Create Disk Group) window, click Next.
The Disk Group Name & Physical Disk Selection window is displayed.
5. Type a name for the disk group in Disk group name.
It is recommended that you use the name of the NAS cluster appended by disk group and number for the Disk
group name. For example,
NOTE: The disk group name must not exceed 30 characters.
6. In Physical Disk selection choices select Manual and click Next.
The RAID Level and Capacity screen is displayed.
7. In the RAID Level and Capacity window, select the appropriate RAID level from the RAID level list.
You can select RAID levels 1/10, 5, or 6. Depending on the RAID level chosen, the physical disks available for the
selected RAID level are displayed in Unselected Physical Disks table.
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