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Group Administration Group members
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1. In the Group Summary window, expand Members and double-click the member name or click Group, then
expand
Members, and then select the member name.
The GUI shows whether a member is configured or not.
2. In the warning dialog box that appears, click
Yes to configure RAID on the member.
3. In the Configure Member – General Settings dialog box, se
lect the pool and click Next.
4. If prompted, confirm you want to assign the member to the
pool.
Recommendation: For optimal performance, Dell recommends
that you assign the same RAID level to pool
members with the same disk type and disk speed.
5. In the Configure Member – RAID Configuration dialog box:
• Select the RAID policy.
• By default, member storage space is immediately available, although performance is not optimal until the
RAID verification completes. To
make space unavailable until the RAID verification completes and
batteries are fully charged, select
Wait until the member storage initialization
completes
.
6. Click
Next.
7. When the configuration is complete, click Finish in the Configure Member – Summary dialog box.
Converting a RAID policy
See Supported RAID policy conversions.
Note: To convert to a no-spare-drive RAID p
olicy, use the Group Manager CLI.
1. Click
Group, then expand Members, then select the member name, and then click Modify RAID
configuration.
2. In the Modify RAID Configuration dialog box, select the new RAID policy.
The values in the Member Capacity table automatically update, base
d on the RAID policy you selected.
3. To ensure member space is not available until the RAID verification completes, you
can select Wait until
the member storage initialization completes
. If this option is already selected, you cannot
change the selection.
4. Click
OK.
While the RAID policy is changing, th
e member’s RAID status is expanding.
About member network configuration
To enable network-based management, group communication, and iSCSI traffic, each group member must have at
least one functioning network interface that you connected to the network and configured with an IP address and
subnet mask (netmask).