Storage Allocation; Create A Volume - Dell EqualLogic PS4210 Installation And Setup Manual

5 Storage Allocation

Allocating group storage space to users involves the following steps:
1. Create a Volume on page
2. Connect a Computer to a Volume on page
After allocating storage, you can customize the group and use its more advanced features. See
Where to Go After Setting Up a Group on page

Create a Volume

To allocate group storage space to users and applications, use the Group Manager CLI or GUI
to create volumes. A volume appears on the network as an iSCSI target. When you create a
volume, specify the information described in Table 8.
Component Description
A unique name, 63 or fewer characters (including letters, numbers, periods,
hyphens, and colons). The volume name is appended to the end of the iSCSI target
Volume name
name, which is automatically generated for the volume. Access to a volume is
always through the target name.
The reported size of the volume as seen by iSCSI initiators. The minimum volume
Volume size
size is 15MB. Volume sizes are rounded up to the next multiple of 15MB.
Optionally, you can set aside space for volume snapshots or configure a volume with thin
provisioning. However, thin provisioning is not appropriate for all storage environments. See the
Dell EqualLogic Group Manager Administrator's Guide for information about advanced volume
functionality.
Using the CLI to Create a Volume
1. Log in to the group.
Use one of these methods to connect to the group:
• Serial connection to a member. See Set Up a Serial Connection to the Array on page
• Telnet or ssh connection to the group IP address.
At the login prompt, enter the
when creating the group.
2. At the Group Manager command prompt, use the following command to create the volume:
volume create volume_name
Specify the volume name and size (the default unit of measure is megabytes).
3. Use the following command to create an access control record for the volume:
volume select volume_name
The
access_control
•
initiator initiator_name
23.
27.
Table 8: Volume Configuration Information
account name and the password that you specified
grpadmin
size [GB]
access create
parameter can be one or both of the following options:
29.
access_control
13.
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