Dell PowerVault NX3500 Administrator's Guide - Page 38

Disk Group Name and Physical Disk Selection, RAID Level and Capacity

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b Select Disk Group and then Create. Alternatively, you can right-click Unconfigured Capacity, and select Create Disk Group from the pop-up menu. - To create a disk group from unassigned physical disks in the storage array: a On the Physical tab, select one or more unassigned physical disks of the same physical disk type. b Select Disk Group and then click Create. Alternatively, you can right-click the unassigned physical disks, and select Create Disk Group from the pop-up menu. - To create a secure disk group: a On the Physical tab, select one or more unassigned security capable physical disks of the same physical disk type. b Select Disk Group and then click Create. Alternatively, you can right-click the unassigned security capable physical disks, and select Create Disk Group from the pop-up menu. The Introduction (Create Disk Group) window is displayed. 4 Click Next. The Disk Group Name and Physical Disk Selection window is displayed. 5 Type a name for the disk group in Disk group name. NOTE: The disk group name should not exceed 30 characters. 6 Select the appropriate Physical Disk selection choices, you can select: • Automatic, see step 7 • Manual, see step 10 7 Click Next. For automatic configuration, the RAID Level and Capacity window is displayed. 8 Select the appropriate RAID level in Select RAID level. You can select RAID levels 1/10, 6, and 5. Depending on the RAID level selection, the physical disks available for the selected RAID level are displayed in Select Capacity table. 38 Setting Up Your PowerVault NX3500 Solution

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38
Setting Up Your PowerVault NX3500 Solution
b
Select
Disk Group
and then
Create
.
Alternatively, you can right-click
Unconfigured Capacity
, and select
Create Disk Group
from the pop-up menu.
To create a disk group from unassigned physical disks in the storage
array:
a
On the
Physical
tab, select one or more unassigned physical disks of
the same physical disk type.
b
Select
Disk Group
and then click
Create
.
Alternatively, you can right-click the unassigned physical disks, and
select
Create Disk Group
from the pop-up menu.
To create a secure disk group:
a
On the
Physical
tab, select one or more unassigned security capable
physical disks of the same physical disk type.
b
Select
Disk Group
and then click
Create
.
Alternatively, you can right-click the unassigned security capable
physical disks, and select
Create Disk Group
from the pop-up menu.
The I
ntroduction (Create Disk Group)
window is displayed.
4
Click
Next
.
The
Disk Group Name and Physical Disk Selection
window is displayed.
5
Type a name for the disk group in
Disk group name
.
NOTE:
The disk group name should not exceed 30 characters.
6
Select the appropriate
Physical Disk selection choices
, you can select:
Automatic
, see step 7
Manual
, see step 10
7
Click
Next
.
For automatic configuration, the
RAID Level and Capacity
window is
displayed.
8
Select the appropriate RAID level in
Select RAID level
. You can select
RAID levels 1/10, 6, and 5. Depending on the RAID level selection, the
physical disks available for the selected RAID level are displayed in
Select
Capacity
table.