Users Guide

Table Of Contents
Field Name Description
Thin warning on Threshold % Species whether a thin provisioning sends an initiator warning when passing the in-use
warning threshold.
Thin warning Hard Threshold % Species whether a thin provisioning allows the volume to remain online after reaching the
max-growth threshold.
Multihost access of volume This parameter enables or disables multihost access on a volume. The possible values are
enable or disable.
Authentication Enables you to select one of the following authentication methods to access the storage
volume:
CHAP
IQN/IP
NOTE: For VMware based deployment, you can use IP or Chap authentication.
Chap username Species the CHAP username. A valid CHAP username must be less than or equal to 63
alphanumeric characters. The access to CHAP username is limited.
NOTE: The Chap username and Chap secret elds are displayed only if
authentication type is selected as
Chap.
Chap secret Species the CHAP password. A valid CHAP password must be less than or equal to 254
characters. If the password is not specied, then it is generated automatically.
Initiator IQN or IP Addresses Species the IQN or IP addresses that you want to congure on the EqualLogic storage
volume to enable access for the IPs or IQNs.
Enter the comma-separated list containing the IP addresses or IQN addresses. The list should
not contain a white space.
A valid IP address list must be in the format: 172.19.15.2,172.19.15.3,172.19.15.4
A valid IQN address list must be in the format: iqn.2001-05.com.dellsoftware01,iqn.
2001-05.com.dellsoftware02,iqn.2001-05.com.dellsoftware01
Compellent Storage Settings
Target Compellent Species the compellent storage device where the volume is created.
Storage Volume Name
Select one of the following options:
Auto-generate storage volume name: Displays the Volume Name Template eld. Auto-
generate storage volume name option includes a numerical variable which is used by ASM
to automatically generate a volume name for the storage at the time of deployment.
Select an existing storage volume: Displays the Existing Volume Name drop-down menu.
This option allows you to select from an inventory of existing storage volumes.
Specify a new storage volume name now: Displays the New Volume Name eld. This
option allows you to type a new volume name.
NOTE: You can create multiple templates using the same volume name. However,
after a template is deployed, all other templates with the same volume name must
be modied to use a dierent name.
Specify storage volume name at time of deployment: Allows you to specify the volume
name at the time of service deployment.
New Volume Name Enter the name of the volume that is to be created or destroyed. The storage volume names
created on same aggregate must be unique in a Compellent storage array.
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