Users Guide

3. Click Continue.

4. Under <component name> Storage Settings, specify the properties for the storage component and click Add.

For more information about the storage settings, see Storage Settings.

Storage settings

Table 3. Storage settings

Field Name Description

EqualLogic Storage Settings

Target EqualLogic Specifies the EqualLogic storage device where the volume is created.

Storage Volume Name Select the volume in EqualLogic. To create a volume, from the Storage Volume drop-down

list, select Create New Volume.

New volume name Enter the name of the volume in EqualLogic. A volume is a logical partition in the EqualLogic

storage array. The EqualLogic CHAP users have the access to these storage volumes. More

than one chap users can have access to the EqualLogic volume.

Storage Pool Specifies pool name where a volume is. The default storage pool value is Default.

Storage Size (e.g. 500 MB, 1 GB) Specifies the volume size.

Thin Provisioning Enables thin provisioning on this volume. The possible values are enable or disable.

Snapshot Reserve % Refers to the amount of space, as a percentage of the volume size, to reserve for a snapshot.

Thin Min Reserve % Sets the minimum reserved size for thin provisioned volume configured as percentage of total

volume size. This value cannot be less than 10%.

Thin growth Warning % Sets the warning threshold percentage for thin-provisioned volume. When the thin-reserve

reaches this value, a warning message is displayed. The default value is 60%.

Thin growth Maximum % Sets the maximum growth percentage for thin volume. When thin-reserve reaches this value,

the volume is set to offline. The default value is 80%.

Thin warning on Threshold % Specifies whether a thin provisioning sends an initiator warning when passing the in-use

warning threshold.

Thin warning Hard Threshold % Specifies 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 Specifies 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 fields are displayed only if

authentication type is selected as

Chap.