Users Guide
Information Or Conguration
On the Properties page, click Information/Conguration to view the property information for a storage object. The Information/
Conguration subtabs also have options for executing storage tasks or launching wizards.
Using The Storage Management Command-Line
Interface
Storage Management has a fully featured command-line interface (CLI). For more information on CLI, see the Server Administrator
Command Line Interface User’s Guide.
Displaying The Online Help
Storage Management provides an extensive online Help. This Help is available from the Server Administrator graphical user interface when
the Storage or lower-level tree view object is selected.
The online Help is available as:
• Context-sensitive Help — Each Storage Management page has a icon. Click this icon to display the context-sensitive online
Help that describes the contents of the displayed page.
• Table of Contents — The table of contents is available in the page that displays the information when you access the context-sensitive
Help.
Common Storage Tasks
This section provides information on commonly performed storage tasks:
• Create and congure virtual disks (RAID conguration). For more information, see:
– Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard — This topic provides information on using the Express Wizard to create a virtual disk. Using
the Express Wizard is the quickest method for creating a virtual disk. The Express Wizard is appropriate for novice users.
– Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard — This topic provides information on using the Advanced Wizard to create a virtual disk. The
Advanced Wizard requires a good knowledge of RAID levels and hardware and is appropriate for advanced users.
– Virtual Disks — This topic provides detailed information regarding the virtual disk management. This information includes controller-
specic considerations that aect virtual disk creation and management.
• Assign a hot spare to the virtual disk — When a virtual disk uses a RAID level, you can assign a hot spare (backup physical disk) to
rebuild data if a physical disk in the virtual disk fails.
– Protecting Your Virtual Disk With A Hot Spare — This topic provides information on hot spares and controller-specic information.
• Perform a Check Consistency — The Maintaining The Integrity Of Redundant Virtual Disks task veries the accuracy of the redundant
data on a virtual disk.
• Recongure a Virtual Disk — To expand the capacity of a virtual disk you can add physical disks to the virtual disk. You can also change
the RAID levels. For more information, see Virtual Disk Task: Recongure (Step 1 of 3).
Getting Started
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