Install Guide

PS4210 Installation Guide 4 Software Configuration

Set the Member RAID Policy

Thestoragespaceinanewgroupmember(array)isnotavailableuntilyouconfigureaRAID

policyonthemember.

ARAIDpolicyconsistsofaRAIDlevelandasparediskconfiguration.Whenyouselecta

RAIDpolicy,themember’sdisksareautomaticallyconfiguredwiththeselectedRAIDleveland

theappropriatenumberofsparedisks.

IfyouusedtheRemoteSetupwizardtocreateagroup,theRAIDpolicyforthefirstmemberis

setaccordingtoyourRAIDpolicyselectionwhenconfiguringthesoftware,andthestorageis

readytouse.SeeStorage Allocation on page 23.

Ifyouusedthesetuputilitytocreateorexpandagroup,oraddedthearraytoanexistinggroup

withtheRemoteSetupwizard,youmustsettheRAIDpolicyforthegroupmember.

UseeithertheGroupManagercommandlineinterface(CLI)orthegraphicaluserinterface

(GUI)tosettheRAIDpolicy.

Using the CLI to Set the RAID Policy

TousetheGroupManagerCLItosettheRAIDpolicyforanewgroupmember:

1. Logintothegroup,ifyouarenotalreadyloggedin.(Afterthesetuputilitycompletes,you

willstillbeloggedintothegroup.)Useoneofthefollowingmethodstoconnecttothegroup:

– Serialconnectiontoamember.SeeSet Up a Serial Connection to the Array on page 13.

– TelnetorsshconnectiontothegroupIPaddress.

2. Attheloginprompt,enterthegrpadminaccountnameandthepasswordthatyouspecified

whencreatingthegroup.

3. AttheGroupManagercommandprompt,enterthefollowingcommandtospecifyRAID6,or

RAID6-accelerated(availableXSarraymodelsonly),RAID10,orRAID50forthepolicy

variable:

member select member_name raid-policy policy

Forexample,thefollowingcommandconfiguresmember1withRAID6:

member select member1 raid-policy raid6

Using the Group Manager GUI to Set the RAID Policy

ForthelatestinformationonbrowsersupportfortheGroupManagerGUI,seethePSSeries

Release Notes.

AfteryouaddamembertoaPSSeriesgroup,youmustsettheRAIDpolicyforthememberand

choosethestoragepool.ThestorageinthememberisavailableafteryousettheRAIDpolicy.

TousetheGUItosettheRAIDpolicyforamembers,usethefollowingprocedure:

Procedure

1. ClickGroupandthenclickthegroupnametoopentheGroupSummarywindow.

2. ExpandMembersandthendouble-clickthemembername.TheGUIshowswhetheramember

isconfiguredornot.