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10. Click Next.
11. Leave the defaults for Enable system-management services checked, and click Next.
12. Provide system information, or accept the defaults, and click Next.
13. Accept the defaults for event notification, and click Next.
14. Provide IP addresses for the iSCSI ports.
15. Scroll down to Common Settings for iSCSI and select Enabled in the Jumbo Frames drop-down menu. Click
Next.
16. Click Finish to complete configuration of the storage array.
17. Open a Web browser, and enter the address previously assigned to RAID controller A.
18. Log in with appropriate credentials.
19. In the left pane, select HP P2000 G3.
20. In the right pane, select ProvisioningProvisioning Wizard.
21. Click Next.
22. Change setting to RAID 10.
23. From the sub-disks drop-down menu, select 14, and click Next.
24. Choose all disks except the last, and click Next.
25. Adjust the Volume size slider to the far right, and click Next.
26. Click the Map checkbox, and clear the FC port checkboxes.
27. Click Next.
28. Click Finish. Click OK to confirm success.
29. To view disk initialization status, in the left pane, click HP p2000 G3LogicalVdisksvd01.
30. In the right pane, highlight the entry for Vdisk, and scroll down to Current Job.
31. While initialization completes, connect the storage array iSCSI controller ports to a second NETGEAR
ProSAFE GS716T used for iSCSI traffic
32. Once initialization is complete, in the left pane, expand HP P2000 G3LogicalVdisksvd01.
33. In the right pane, select ProvisioningCreate Volume.
34. Change the name of the volume to Exchange_Volume
35. Change the size to 750GB.
36. Click the Map checkbox, and clear the FC port checkboxes.
37. Click Apply.
38. In the left pane, expand HP P2000 G3LogicalVdisksvd01.
39. In the right pane, select ProvisioningCreate Volume.
40. Change the name of the volume to SQL_Volume
41. Change the size to 100GB.
42. Click the Map checkbox, and clear the FC port checkboxes.
43. Click Apply.
44. In the left pane, expand HP P2000 G3LogicalVdisksvd01.
45. In the right pane, select ProvisioningCreate Volume.
46. Change the name of the volume to Iometer_Volume
47. Change the size to 50GB.
48. Click the Map checkbox, and clear the FC port checkboxes.
49. Click Apply.