Creating And Managing Partitions; Automatically Creating A Partition On A New Lun; Create And Format Partitions From New/Existing Logical Disk Dialog Box - HP StorageWorks SN6000 - Fibre Channel Switch User Manual

• Re-enter the new password in the Verify Password box.
5. To save your password changes and close this dialog box, click OK. To abandon password changes,
click Cancel.

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 86 or
The Create and Format Partitions From New/Existing Logical Disk dialog box opens
Figure 72

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 appears; see
page 108
page 112
"Creating a logical disk—MSA storage,"
Figure
HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager User Guide 107
page 107
"Creating a logical disk—EVA
page 90.
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(Figure 72).