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Table 9 Sections of the Advanced Configuration Wizard
Section Description
Storage
Policy
Shows the available storage policies that you can assign to volumes. The
options are enabled after you create a new volume or select an existing volume
to edit.
Volume
List
Shows Volume, Mode (storage policy), and Size details for currently configured
volumes. Select a volume to edit or delete it. The Total Gb s Left field beneath
the volume list shows the remaining capacity in gigabytes for all the hard disk
drives.
Drive
Graph
Displays disk space for each hard disk drive. All space allocated to the same
volume appears in a matching color. A hatch pattern indicates a proposed
configuration and a solid block indicates an existing volume.
Advanced
Controls
Permit volume creation and modification on each hard disk drive:
‧ Hot Spare check box indicates space on this drive is allocated as rebuild
space for the selected SAFE volume.
‧ ‘Use’ check box indicates drive membership within a volume.
‧ Slider specifies capacity allocated to a volume.
‧ Text field shows the capacity specified by manipulating the slider.
‧ ‘Cap’ field shows maximum capacity for the hard disk drive.
‧ ‘Vol#’ shows the virtual volume with which each hard disk drive is
associated.
Table 10 Toolbar Buttons on the Advanced Configuration Wizard
Button Tooltip Description
Read a configuration
from a file
Reads a saved configuration into the Advanced
Configuration Wizard so you can apply the
configuration to the SiI 4726 Storage Appliance.
Available in Basic and Advanced modes.
Write configuration for
system to a file
Saves a configuration to a file on the host computer.
Available in Basic and Advanced modes.
Restore configuration
to last Commit
Cancels proposed changes. Available in Basic and
Advanced modes.
Create a new volume
Creates a new volume on which to set the storage policy
and capacity. You can create up to 2 volumes on each
hard disk drive (10 total).
Edit selected volume
Permits the storage policy and capacity of an existing
volume to be modified.
Delete selected volume
Deletes the volume that is currently selected in the
volume list.
Delete all volumes Deletes all configured volumes.
Copy configuration
from other device in the
system
Copies the configuration of one SiI 4726 Storage
Appliance to the current SiI 4726 Storage Appliance.