User guide
Table Of Contents
- MSA1000 User Guide
- Contents
- About this Guide
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Operating System Specific Information
- Chapter 3: MSA1000 Setup and Sample Configurations
- Chapter 4: Operation and Management
- Chapter 5: Array Configuration Utility (ACU)
- Installing the ACU on the Server
- Accessing the ACU
- Description of Screen Regions
- Configuring a New Controller
- Modifying an Existing Controller
- Probability of Logical Drive Failure
- Chapter 6: Command Line Interface (CLI)
- CLI Overview
- CLI Setup
- Help Commands
- Display Commands
- Array Controller Configuration Commands
- LUN Management Commands
- Server Connection Commands
- Selective Storage Presentation/Access Control List Commands
- Appendix A: Regulatory Compliance Notices
- Appendix B: Electrostatic Discharge
- Appendix C: Specifications
- Appendix D: Hard Drive Arrays
- Appendix E: Recovering from Hard Drive Failure
- Appendix F: Controller Display Messages
- Appendix G: Recovery ROM and ROM Cloning
- Appendix H: SCSI ID Assignments
- Index
Array Configuration Utility (ACU)
93Modular SAN Array 1000 User Guide
Using the Configuration Wizards to Configure a New Controller
Create at least one array, and then populate the array with logical drives.
Creating an Array
1. Click Configuration Wizards.
2. Click Create an array and click Begin.
The physical drive selection screen is displayed. (Use the scrollbars in the
Configuration View region to see all of the physical drives and arrays.)
A placeholder for the new array that you are about to create is already present.
Figure 51: Physical drive selection screen
3. Choose the physical drives that you want to use in the array.
■ Use physical drives of comparable capacity.
ACU uses the same amount of space from each physical drive to build an
array. Because this amount cannot exceed the capacity of the smallest
drive, the extra capacity of any larger drive in the array is unused.
■ For better system performance, use physical drives that are connected to
different ports on the controller.
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