Install Guide

PS6210 Install and SetupGuide

6 Where to Go After Setting Up a Group

Task Description

ConfigureSNMP

Tomonitortrapsfromthegroup,youcanuseSNMP.Inaddition,youneedto

configureSNMPtousetheManualTransferUtilityandotherthird-partymonitoring

tools.

ConfigureiSNS

ToautomateiSCSItargetdiscovery,youcanconfigurethegrouptouseaniSNS

server.

ConfigureCHAPaccounts

YoucanuseCHAPtorestrictcomputeraccesstovolumes.Bothinitiatorandtarget

CHAPauthenticationaresupported.

Modifythedate,time,ortime

zoneorconfigureNTP

Grouptimeisbasedontheclockonthefirstmember,whichissetatthefactory.The

defaulttimezoneisEST.YoucanalsoconfigurethegrouptouseanNTPserver.

Addamembertothegroup

Althoughaone-membergroupisfullyfunctional,addingmorearraysexpands

capacity,increasesnetworkbandwidth,andimprovesoverallgroupperformance,

withnodisruptiontodataavailability.

Createpools

Withmulti-membergroups,youcancreatemultiplepoolsandassignmembersand

volumestothepoolsforatieredstoragesolution.

Setupadedicatedmanagement

network

Youcansetupaseparatemanagementnetworkforsecuritypurposes.

Createsnapshotsofavolume Snapshotsarepoint-in-timecopiesofvolumedatathatcanbeusedforbackups.

Createschedulesforsnapshots

orreplicas

Schedulesenableyoutoregularlycreatesnapshotsorreplicasofavolume.

Createcollections

Collectionsenableyoutogroupmultiple,relatedvolumesforthepurposeofcreating

snapshotsorreplicas.Theadministratorcanthencreateamulti-volumesnapshotora

multi-volumereplicainasingleoperationorthroughasingleschedule.

Enablethinprovisioningfora

volume

Someenvironmentscanbenefitfromthinprovisioning,whichenablesyouto

allocatespacetoavolumeaccordingtousagepatterns.

Setupreplicationacross

differentgroups

Replicasarepoint-in-timecopiesofvolumedatathatarestoredonadifferentgroup.

Cloneavolumeorsnapshot Cloningcreatesanewvolumeinthegroup.

Recoverdatafromsnapshotsor

replicas

Therearevariousoptionsforrecoveringdatafromsnapshotsorreplicas.