Using The Cli To Create A Volume - Dell EqualLogic PS Series Installation And Setup

Installation and Setup
Optionally, you can set aside space for volume snapshots or configure a volume
for thin provisioning. However, thin provisioning is not appropriate for all storage
environments. See the PS Series Group Administration manual for information
about advanced volume functionality.

Using the CLI to Create a Volume

To use the CLI to create a volume and set up access controls:
1. Log in to the group.
Use one of these methods to connect to the group:
• Serial connection to a member. See Step 4: Set Up a Serial Connection to
the PS5000 on page 2-11 or Step 4: Set Up a Serial Connection to the
PS5500 on page 2-23.
• Telnet or ssh connection to the group IP address.
At the login prompt, enter the
you specified when creating the group.
2. At the Group Manager command prompt, use the following command to
create the volume:
volume create volume_name size[GB]
Specify the volume name and size (the default is megabytes).
2. Use the following command to create an access control record for the volume:
volume select volume_name access create access_control
The
access_control
•
initiator initiator_name
•
ipaddress ip_address
You can create a maximum of 16 access control records for a volume.
The following example creates a 50 GB volume and one access control record.
Only a computer with IP address 112.15.7.119 will be able to access the volume.
group1> volume create staff1 50GB
group1> volume select staff1 access create ipaddress 112.15.7.119
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account name and the password that
grpadmin
parameter can be one or more of the following:
Using the SAN