User guide

Chapter 4 Managing SAN Storage 53
Adding a Volume to a SAN
A single Xsan SAN can provide access to multiple volumes.
Click to add a
new volume.
Select to view
current volumes.
To add a volume:
1 In Xsan Admin, select Volumes in the SAN Assets list and click the Add Volume (+)
button.
2 In the Volume Name and Type pane of the assistant, enter a name for the volume
and choose a volume type that matches the kind of work the volume will support.
Xsan Admin sets the underlying volume settings accordingly.
3 In the Congure Volume Anities pane (Congure Volume Storage if you chose the
custom volume type), drag LUNs to anity tags (or storage pools).
4 On the Volume Failover Priority pane, drag the controller that you want to host the
volume whenever possible to the top of the list, then arrange the other controllers in
descending order.
For information about advanced settings, see “Changing Advanced Volume
Settings” on page 59 or “Changing Storage Pool Settings” on page 63.
When you’re nished, the volume mounts on all SAN clients.
From the Command Line
You can also add a volume by setting up a conguration le. For more information,
see the cvfs_config man page (% man -M /Library/Filesystems/Xsan/man/
4 cvfs_config) or “Xsan Conguration Files” on page 12 2 .