Maintenance Manual

Managing the System
Disk Management
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- Thin-Provisioning—Select this option to allocate the disk space in a
flexible manner. You can allocate the disk space to the target anytime
regardless of the current storage capacity available on the NAS. Over-
allocation is allowed since the storage capacity of the NAS can be
expanded by online RAID capacity expansion (available in RAID 1, 5, 6).
- Instant Allocation—Select this option to allocate the disk space to the
LUN instantly. This option guarantees the disk space assigned to the LUN
but may take more time to create the LUN.
• LUN Name—Enter the LUN name.
• LUN Location—From the drop-down list, select the LUN location, which is
the disk volume on the NAS.
• Capacity—Enter the capacity for the LUN. Move the slider to increase or
decrease the capacity.
STEP 6 Click Next. The Map to Target window opens.
STEP 7 From the Map to Target window, you can select the target to map the LUN to. This
is optional. You can also select not to map the LUN now and map it at a later time.
The parameters are:
• Do not map it to a target for now—Select to not map the LUN to a target.
• Target Alias/ Taget IQN—Select the target to map the LUN to.
STEP 8 Click Next to confirm the settings, then click Next again to continue.
STEP 9 When the LUN has been created successfully, you will see a message on the
iSCSI Quick Configuration Wizard window. Click Finish.
You can view the target list and unmapped LUN list from the Target Management
tab.
In the Ta r g e t Ma n a g e m e nt window, the status is displayed for the iSCSI target and
LUN. The following table provides the various status descriptions.