Service Configuration; Configuring Basic Features; Creating Volumes - Huawei N2000H V3 User Manual

N2000H V3 Appliance
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4.7 Service configuration

4.7.1 Configuring Basic Features

This section explains how to create volumes, check the factory configuration, and configure
local users and user groups.

4.7.1.1 Creating Volumes

In the process of installing Windows Storage Server 2012 on the N2000 server at the factory,
only the volume where Windows Storage Server 2012 resides is created, and the remaining
disk space is reserved. You are advised to create and allocate volumes as soon as possible
based on your actual service needs.
Prerequisites
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Procedure
Step 1 Choose File and Storage Services > Volumes from the navigation tree of the Server
Manager that is automatically started after a login to the operating system.
Step 2 Choose TASKS > New Volume in the upper right corner of the VOLUMES area.
Step 3 In the New Volume Wizard window, the Before You Begin page is displayed by default.
Click Next.
Step 4 On the Server and Disk page, select Disk1 and click Next.
Step 5 Set a volume size.
On the Size page, the following parameters are displayed:
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Set a volume size based on the actual service plan and click Next.
Step 6 Map the volume to a specific drive or folder.
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The hardware of the N2000 server has been installed and powered on.
You have logged in to Windows Storage Server 2012 as an administrator.
Available Capacity: indicates the available disk space that can be allocated.
Minimum size: indicates the minimum capacity that a volume to be created must have.
The default value cannot be changed.
Volume size: indicates the volume capacity actually allocated, expressed in TB, GB, or
MB. Volume size can neither be smaller than Minimum size nor greater than Available
Capacity.
If you want to map the volume to a specific drive, select the desired driver letter from the
Drive letter drop-down list and click Next.
Starting from letter D, driver letters are automatically generated in the alphabetical order. You can select
a driver letter from the Drive letter drop-down list.
If you want to map the volume to a specific folder, select the desired folder based on The
following folder.
Select The following folder and click Browse.
Select the desired folder or create a folder on an existing disk.
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