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Chapter 3 Install Components
This list is active only when additional Storage Domains exist.
4 (Optional) Replace the default logical name for this newly added Brick with
a name of your own choosing.
5 To accept the Brick into the system, click OK.
Result:
While the Brick is being integrated into the system, the status of the Brick
changes from red to yellow to green. Also, the overall status of a foreign
Brick is displayed as Foreign.
When the system completes the integration process, the system performs
the following additional actions:
The Brick is now fully integrated into the Pillar Axiom system.
You can now begin utilizing the additional capacity provided by the newly added
Brick. The Monitor > Hardware > Bricks overview screen shows this capacity and the
Storage Domain to which the Brick is assigned.
Create a Storage Domain
Storage Domains allow you to assign logical volumes to a specific collection of
Bricks. Such assignments can be made to reduce contention among volumes, to
implement different levels of security for those volumes, or both. Storage
Domains allow administrators, for example, to partition storage for specific users
or departments in a public or private cloud storage environment.
When you create a Storage Domain for regular use, we recommend that you
assign the following minimum number of Bricks to that domain:
● Two serial ATA (SATA) or solid state device (SSD) Bricks
● Three Fibre Channel (FC) Bricks
When you need to replace one or more Bricks in an existing domain, you
typically would create a new Storage Domain, assign Bricks to it, and then move
the logical volumes from the existing domain to the newly created domain. In this
Replace a Brick Storage Enclosure
● Generates a "Brick Accepted" event.
● Changes the health status of the Brick from Warning to Normal.
● Removes all system alerts that are related to the Brick addition.
Note: If any system alerts remain, contact the Pillar World Wide
Customer Support Center.
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