User`s guide

Using the iSCSI Storage Appliance Wizard

1 In the Enterprise View, select the Management Service.

2 In the Actions menu, click Configure SAN.

The wizard opens.

3 Click Add new iSCSI storage appliance.

The Add iSCSI Storage Appliance window opens.

4 Enter the host name of an iSCSI Storage Host. Alternatively, if you assigned a

static IP address to the iSCSI Storage Host, enter it instead of the host name.

5 Click Add.

The system is added to the Management Service. To provision storage to the

system, see “Provisioning Storage Automatically” on page 40.

Capacity Limitations

This section lists the capacity limitations for the components in your IP SAN.

Component Description Capacity Limitation

Number of pools in an iSCSI Storage

Appliance

Maximum pool size 512 TB

Number of characters in a pool name Up to 15

Physical devices in a RAID 5 or RAID 6 pool 16

Physical devices in a RAID 0 or RAID 10 100

Note: Each RAID 5 or RAID 6 leg may not

have more than 16 physical devices

Physical devices in a RAID 1 pool 2

Logical devices in a pool 512

Logical devices supported by an iSCSI Storage

Appliance

512

Number of characters in a logical device name Up to 32

Maximum pools 20

Maximum volumes/logical devices 512—includes basic, snapshot, mirrored,

replica source, replica destination, and

cloning

Maximum snapshots 256—includes snapshots, replica source,

replica destination, and cloning