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PS6210 Install and Setup Guide 5 Storage Allocation Field Description If you create a volume that uses 4KB sectors, first verify that your operating system supports 4KB sectors. Refer to the documentation for your operating system for information about whether 4KB sectors are supported. After you have created a volume, you cannot change its sector size. Shortcut Key Step 5: Summary This page lets you review the settings that will be applied to the new volume. Some of these are the settings you just specified in the wizard and others are set as defaults in the software. Review these settings before you click Finish and create the volume. Field Description General Settings Snapshot settings iSCSI Access Copy Displays the volume name, storage pool assignment, volume size, sector size, and description Displays the amount of snapshot reserve space, and the current default settings regarding when to issue space warnings and how to manage space recovery Displays the iSCSI settings for the volume including the access type and the access control rules that will be applied Click this link to copy a text version of the summary settings to the computer's clipboard • To make changes to the settings, use the Back button as necessary to return to previous screens. • To create the volume with the current settings, click the Finish button. • To close the dialog box without creating the volume, click Cancel. Connect a Computer to a Volume When you create a volume, the PS Series group automatically generates an iSCSI target name, with the volume name appended to the end of the target name. Each volume appears on the network as an iSCSI target. An example of an iSCSI target name for a volume named dbvol is as follows: iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic.5-4a0900-2f00000-007eca92d654f160-dbvol To connect a computer to a volume: 1. Install and configure an iSCSI initiator on the computer. Hardware and software initiators are available from different vendors. Configure your initiator using the instructions provided by the vendor. Note: Dell recommends that you visit the Technical Support website to obtain important information about using initiators to access PS Series group volumes. 2. Make sure that the computer matches one of the volume's access control records. To display the records for a volume: - Using the CLI, enter the following command: volume select volume_name access show - Using the GUI, expand Volumes in the far-left panel, select the volume name, and click the Access tab. If necessary, use the CLI or the GUI to create an access control record that the computer will match. 3. To display the iSCSI target name for the volume: - Using the CLI, enter the following command: 27

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PS6210 Install and Setup Guide
5 Storage Allocation
Field
Description
Shortcut Key
If you create a volume that uses 4KB sectors, first verify that your
operating system supports 4KB sectors. Refer to the documentation for
your operating system for information about whether 4KB sectors are
supported.
After you have created a volume, you cannot change its sector size.
Step 5: Summary
This page lets you review the settings that will be applied to the new volume. Some of these are the settings you
just specified in the wizard and others are set as defaults in the software.
Review these settings before you click
Finish
and create the volume.
Field
Description
General Settings
Displays the volume name, storage pool assignment, volume size, sector size, and
description
Snapshot settings
Displays the amount of snapshot reserve space, and the current default settings regarding
when to issue space warnings and how to manage space recovery
iSCSI Access
Displays the iSCSI settings for the volume including the access type and the access control
rules that will be applied
Copy
Click this link to copy a text version of the summary settings to the computer's clipboard
•
To make changes to the settings, use the
Back
button as necessary to return to previous screens.
•
To create the volume with the current settings, click the
Finish
button.
•
To close the dialog box without creating the volume, click
Cancel
.
Connect a Computer to a Volume
When you create a volume, the PS Series group automatically generates an iSCSI target name, with the volume
name appended to the end of the target name. Each volume appears on the network as an iSCSI target.
An example of an iSCSI target name for a volume named
dbvol
is as follows:
iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic.5-4a0900-2f00000-007eca92d654f160-dbvol
To connect a computer to a volume:
1.
Install and configure an iSCSI initiator on the computer. Hardware and software initiators are available from
different vendors. Configure your initiator using the instructions provided by the vendor.
Note:
Dell recommends that you visit the Technical Support website to obtain important information about
using initiators to access PS Series group volumes.
2.
Make sure that the computer matches one of the volume’s access control records. To display the records for
a volume:
–
Using the CLI, enter the following command:
volume select
volume_name
access show
–
Using the GUI, expand
Volumes
in the far-left panel, select the volume name, and click the
Access
tab.
If necessary, use the CLI or the GUI to create an access control record that the computer will match.
3.
To display the iSCSI target name for the volume:
–
Using the CLI, enter the following command:
27