User`s guide

Document Number: MAN-002000-000 Version 2.6
Sil 4726 Manager User’s Guide
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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.