HP Surestore Disk Array 12h System Administrator's Guide for HP-UX, MPE, and W - Page 23

HP-UX Using the HP-UX System Administration Manager Configuring a New Disk Array Configuring a New Disk Array After installing a new disk array, you can perform the initial configuration using the disk array utilities. This establishes the desired operating environment for the disk array. To configure a new disk array: 1. Plan your capacity management strategy. Decide how you want to use the capacity of the disk array. Factors such as data redundancy and performance influence how you manage the capacity. To support your strategy, it may be necessary to disable Active Hot Spare, Auto Include, or Auto Rebuild. See "Managing Disk Array Capacity" in the HP SureStore E Disk Array 12H User's and Service Manual for help in planning your strategy. Also see "Tips for Configuring the Disk Array On HP-UX" in Chapter 1 of this guide. 2. If necessary, change disk array configuration settings to implement your capacity management strategy. If the planning in step 1 requires you to change any of the default configuration settings, do so now. These include Active Hot Spare, Auto Rebuild, and Auto Include. For more information, see "Changing Disk Array Configuration Settings" in this chapter. 3. Check the available unallocated capacity on the disk array. See "Checking Disk Array Status" in this chapter. 4. Create each LUN on the disk array. This required step makes disk array capacity available to your operating system, and it must be repeated for each LUN you are creating. For more information, see "Creating a LUN" in this chapter. 23