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Managing storage, Setting up storage partitioning – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Provisioning Manager

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The Brocade Console is accessible by typing the user name and password for the switch in a Telnet

window. Then, type switchshow at the prompt to view the status of the switch.

Managing Storage

This section describes the following:

Setting Up Storage Partitioning

” on page 348

Modifying the Cache Settings (Engenio and Sun 6130)

” on page 352

Changing the Owner of a Volume (Engenio, CLARiiON and Sun 6130)

” on page 353

Managing Storage Pools

” on page 353

Managing Volumes

” on page 356

Rules for Creating Host Security Groups

” on page 363

Managing Host Security Groups

” on page 366

General Provisioning Issues

” on page 374

Provisioning Issues by Vendor

” on page 374

Setting Up Storage Partitioning

Each storage vendor treats storage partitioning differently. For example, Hitachi and EMC ship

their storage systems with the volumes already created. Other storage vendors, such as Engenio

ship their storage system as an empty array.
Despite the differences among storage systems, you can still use this product to manage your

provisioning. Some tasks, such as volume creation, might create different results according to the