Managing File Systems - Hitachi VSP G200 System Administration Manual

Creating a virtual file server
Create virtual file servers so you can create file systems.
Before you begin
• Configure ports.
• Obtain the required IP address and subnet mask information for the virtual
Procedure
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Virtual file server details
Access the Virtual File Server detail page from the Virtual File Servers page.
Use this page to manage a virtual file server's file systems.
The following actions are available:
• Open the storage system detail page by clicking a Storage System [ID].
• Select a file system in either the list or tile view and do one of the

Managing file systems

File system inventory
Access the File Systems page from the detail page for a storage system. Use
this page to view information about file systems in a list or tile view, and to
manage file systems.
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file server.
On the Virtual File Servers page, click the plus sign (+) to open the
Create Virtual File Server page.
Enter a label for the virtual file server.
Enter the IP address (ipv4 or ipv6) for the virtual file server.
Enter the subnet mask for the virtual file server.
Select the cluster node Gigabit Ethernet port to which the IP address for
the virtual file server is assigned.
Click Submit.
A job is added on the Jobs page to create the virtual file server.
following:
○ Delete the file system by clicking Delete.
○ Expand a file system or change the label on the Update File System
page by clicking Edit.
○ Click Mount or Unmount to mount or unmount the file system.
○ Open the File System detail page by clicking a file system.
○ Open the detail page for the underlying file pool by clicking the File Pool
link in a tile.
Configuring the storage system