Creating An Initiator Group; Creating Luns - Bosch DSDA ISCSI DISK ARRAY SERIES DSA-N2B20 Installation Manual

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5.4

Creating an Initiator Group

32. In the navigation panel, select LUNs > Initiator Groups > Add.
33. Group Name: Enter VRM_UNITIGROUP0.
34. Type: Select iSCSI.
35. Operating System: Select Linux.
36. Initiators: Enter the initiator names of all cameras and senders that shall write to this
37. Click Add to create the initiator group.
5.5

Creating LUNs

38. Calculate the size for each LUN.
NOTICE!
Each storage system needs a minimum of 16 LUNs to provide the best performance.
A total of 16 LUNs is considered best practice.
If you already know that you will add additional storage shelves, you may consider to create
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less than 16 LUNs here, as additional LUNs will be created for the additional volumes. In that
case, divide the size available for the volume by the number of LUNs you plan to create for the
volume.
Example: For a total of four volumes you might want to create four LUNs for each volume,
giving you a total of 16 LUNs.
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The Add Initiator Group screen displays.
system.
The initiator name of a device is obtained from the Configuration Manager program.
There, select the device. Then, click the iSCSI tab. You can copy the iSCSI Initiator name
to the clipboard.
Alternatively, the initiator name can be obtained from the VRM Configurator or the Web
interface of a device.
In the navigation panel, select Volumes > Manage. Here, the available size of the volume
is displayed. Divide that value by 16 to get the size of each individual LUN.
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