User`s guide

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Tips and Features for Administrators
Creating a New Logical Data Disk
Note:
For optimum storage, performance, and reliability, you are advised to use RAID level 5 for
data disk configuration.
1. From the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server desktop on the PAP unit, launch iSM Client.
2. Select the disk subsystem and click the Configuration icon. The Select Operation
Mode page opens.
3. Click Setting. The Configuration [Setting Mode] page opens.
4. Click LD
Bind/Unbind. The LD Individual Bind/Unbind page opens.
5. Select the disks to be bound in the RANK.
Note:
At least three disks must be selected to create a RAID#5 RANK.
6. Click RANK B
ind. The RANK Bind page opens.
7. Specify RAID Type and Rebuild Time and click OK. A confirmation dialog box opens.
8. Click OK to return to the LD Individual Bind/Unbind page.
9. Wait for the rank bind operation to finish.
10.Select the LD tab. Click Unused → LD Bind. The LD Individual Bind page opens.
11.Check the Specify both the number of LDs and LD Capacity radio button and enter
the required values.
12.Assign LUN ownership to Controller 1.
Note:
Operating System disks (PD0, PD1 and PDe) are assigned to Controller 0.
13.Click OK. A confirmation dialog box opens.
14.Click Yes → OK to return to the LD Individual Bind/Unbind page and click Close. The
new logical disk appears in the iSM Server tree.
For further details, refer to:
• Storeway FDA 1300 User’s Guide, 86 A1 75EG.
• Storeway FDA 2300 User’s Guide, 86 A1 87EG.