Modifying RAID group mapping
You may change the LUNs of drives manually or let
the ExpressNAV Storage Manager map drives for you.
1
Follow the instructions in
page 34 and click on the RAID Groups arrow
from the Select User Process box.
2
Click on the Modify RAID Group Mapping
button.
3
Click on Next.
4
Select the RAID group you wish to change from
the drop down box.
5
Select the method you wish to use to map the
partitions. Refer to
partitions
below.
• If you select Auto, all mapping for all RAID
groups attached to this FastStream is
changed, destroying any previous mapping.
• If you do not wish to change the mapping of
your other RAID groups, select Manual.
Click on any partition to map that partition to
a Port and LUN.
6
Click on Commit to save the new mapping.
7
A warning box tell you some mapping
configurations may impair performance.
Complete the mapping change by clicking on
Yes. Clicking on No ends the procedure without
making a change.
8
The Health and Status Monitor page appears.
Modifying RAID group partitions
A RAID group may have several Terabytes of total
data capacity because of the size of the included
drives. Partitions allow you to break up large RAID
groups into smaller, more manageable groups.
Most host systems can address only 2 TB per LUN.
Partitioning increases storage efficiency by providing
more LUNs without using lower capacity RAID groups.
Partitioning allows the creation of multiple logical
volumes.
1
Follow the instructions in
page 34 and click on the RAID Groups arrow
from the Select User Process box.
2
Click on the Modify RAID Group Partitioning
button.
3
Click Next.
Preliminary steps
Modifying RAID group
Preliminary steps
4
Select the RAID Group Name from the drop
down menu.
5
Using the graphic and drop down boxes,
choose to either merge or split existing
on
partitions or to assign different values for the
partition sizes.
6
Click Commit.
7
A warning box appears. In the warning box,
verify that you want to complete the
configuration by clicking on Yes. Clicking on No
ends the procedure without making a change.
8
The Health and Status Monitor page appears.
Rebuilding RAID groups
If RAID groups become compromised in some
fashion, you must rebuild them.
If you have previously enabled Auto-Rebuild and
unallocated drives or Hot Spares are available, one of
those drives is substituted for the failed drive and a
rebuild takes place automatically.
Refer to
Step 18
page 18 for information on Auto-Rebuild and to
FastStream process: adding or removing Hot
Spares
on page 37 for information on Hot Spares.
Hot Spares, if available, are used first, regardless of
the Auto-Rebuild setting.
If you have not enabled Auto-Rebuild and no Hot
Spares are available, use this procedure to rebuild the
faulted RAID group.
1
Follow the instructions in
page 34 and click on the RAID Groups arrow
from the Select User Process box.
2
Click on the Rebuild RAID Groups button.
3
Click on Next.
4
Select the RAID group you wish to rebuild.
5
If you have enabled RAID 6, choose to rebuild
one or two drives at the same time.
6
Follow the on-screen directions, ending by
clicking on Commit.
7
A warning box appears. In the warning box,
on
verify that you want to complete the rebuild by
clicking on Yes. Clicking on No ends the
procedure without making a change.
8
The Health and Status Monitor page appears.
under
Creating a custom setup
Preliminary steps
on
on
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