Setup guide

4 After the utility detects the number of enclosures and drives, it presents
you with a list of options.
5 Type 2 and press Enter.
This option instructs the configuration utility to create LUNs with a
sector size of 512 bytes. This is the optimal sector size for XFS DAS
(direct-attached) storage of Creative Finishing applications.
6 When asked if you have a 2-loop or a 4-loop configuration, select the
option that applies to your storage. Note that 4-loop configurations are
only supported for XR 6412 and XR 6500 storage.
The utility creates LUNs on your storage. This process might take a few
minutes.
When the LUN creation process completes, the configuration utility asks
you if you want to create the XFS filesystem on the storage array.
7 Type Y (the default answer).
A list of detected devices appears.
8 Type Yes to confirm.
The configuration utility partitions the storage array, groups the partitions
into a logical volume, creates the XFS filesystem on the volume, and
mounts the volume to /mnt/StorageMedia on HP Z800 workstations, or
/mnt/stoneMedia on older workstations.
NOTE If the storage driver does not reinitialize quickly enough after LUN
creation, the filesystem creation step may fail, and the XR Configuration Utility
gives you an error message similar to the following:
Can't open /dev/sdb1 exclusively. Mounted filesystem?
The filesystem will appear mounted. Type pvdisplay -v in the terminal
to verify that the physical volume, volume group and logical volume
were created.
If the physical volume, volume group and logical volume were not
created, reboot your workstation, and perform the steps in To perform
only the filesystem creation operations: (page ?).
9 Type x to exit the configuration utility.
NOTE Even though your storage array is usable at this point, the drives are
still initializing following the LUN creation. Your storage operates at reduced
performance until the initialization process completes. This might take a few
hours. To check the progress of the initialization type:
./XR_config.pl --arrayStatus
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