Creating And Managing Partitions; Automatically Creating A Partition On A New Lun; Create And Format Partitions From New/Existing Logical Disk Dialog Box - HP 8/20q User Manual

Creating and managing partitions

Simple SAN Connection Manager can automatically initialize and create a partition on a newly-created
LUN. Or, you can use the Create & Manage Partitions dialog box to manually create and manage
partitions within your SAN. For detailed procedures, refer to the following sections:
• "Automatically creating a partition on a new LUN,"
• "Manually creating a partition,"
• "Managing a partition,"
NOTE: Simple SAN Connection Manager can create and manage partitions only on Windows servers
using QLogic-based HBAs.

Automatically creating a partition on a new LUN

For a newly-created logical disk, Simple SAN Connection Manager provides the option to automatically
initialize the LUN, create a single partition for the whole LUN, assign the next available drive letter, and
format the partition with NTFS.
To automatically initialize, partition, and format a new LUN:
1. Add a logical disk using the Create New Logical Disk wizard; see
storage," page 80 or
The Create and Format Partitions From New/Existing Logical Disk dialog box opens
Figure 73

Create and Format Partitions From New/Existing Logical Disk dialog box

2. Select one or more newly-created logical disks by selecting the check box next to the LUN Name. To
select all listed LUNs, select the Select All check box.
3. Click Create Partition for selected Logical Disk(s).
The following message box opens; see
page 102
page 106
"Creating a logical disk—MSA storage,"
Figure
HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager User Guide 101
page 101
"Creating a logical disk—EVA
page 84.
74.
(Figure 73).