Disk And Volume Management; Storage Servers With Configurable Storage - HP ProLiant 300 Series Administration Manual

3 Disk and Volume Management

The process of creating storage elements and presenting them to the storage server OS is facilitated by
the use of the WebUI.
This chapter presents information for storage servers with and without configuration storage.

Storage servers with configurable storage

The 300 series and 500 series storage servers ship pre-configured for the Operating System only.
Additional storage configuration is needed. Depending on the type of storage server purchased,
storage configuration may involve local storage configuration via the HP Array Configuration Utility
or SAN management tools.
Select models of the 300 series and 500 series of storage servers also support clustering.
The primary web page for facilitating these storage servers is illustrated in
illustrates the process of creating arrays, volumes, and shadow copies. The steps on the left illustrate
the logical steps used to manage disks, beginning with the array management at the top. The process
follows the diagram from top to bottom and the selectable menu items from left to right on the page:
1. Create arrays and LUNS via the appropriate storage array management software.
2. Create disks via the WebUI.
3. Create volumes via the WebUI.
To manage disks and volumes via the WebUI, click Disks.
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8. The diagram
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