User`s guide

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Tips and Features for Administrators
Configuring System and Data Disks
Optionally, for optimum storage, security and performance, the server may be delivered with
pre-configured disk racks.
New system and/or data disks can be created via the utility delivered with the storage
sub-system.
Note:
For further details about configuring system and data disks, refer to the appropriate Disk
Subsystem documentation.
Creating New FC Logical System or Data Disks
Optionally, the server may be delivered with one or two disk rack(s) each containing two
RAID #1 system disks per domain and one pool spare disk, and offering ten free slots for
data disks. Slots are numbered from 0 to14 (from left to right).
For optimum storage, performance, and reliability, you are advised to use RAID level 1 for
system disk configuration and RAID level 5 for data disk configuration.
To create a new logical system or data disk:
1. From the Microsoft Windows desktop on the PAP unit, launch iSM Client.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen.