Allocating Storage; Creating A Volume - Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 Installation Manual

5 Allocating Storage

This section describes how to allocate group storage space to users. To allocate storage space, you must perform
the following steps:
1. Create a volume. See
2. Connect to the volume. See
After allocating storage space, you can customize the group and use its more advanced features. See
Setting Up a Group on page
Note: If you use the PS Series array Group Manager GUI to allocate storage, and are unable to launch the GUI,
the group IP address may be on a network or subnet that is different than the network or subnet where
the CMC is located. In this case, you need to set up the array management port. See
icated Management Port on page 46
accessible only on the management network..

Creating 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
Component
Volume name
Volume size
Access controls
Creating a Volume on page
Connecting a Computer to a Volume on page
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Table 8.
Table 8: Volume Configuration Information
Description
This is 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
name, which is automatically generated for the volume. Access to a volume is
always through the target name.
This is the reported size of the volume as seen by iSCSI initiators. The mini-
mum volume size is 15 MB. Volume sizes are rounded up to the next multiple
of 15 MB.
Allows computer access to a volume. A computer can access a volume only if it
matches the security credentials in a record:
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. Once the management port is set up, the Group Manager GUI is
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After
Setting up a Ded-
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