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132 Managing Storage Subsystems

IMPORTANT:

The following limitations apply to customized deployment for the MSA 2000 family:

A maximum of 16 virtual disks (disk groups) are allowed per controller.

All LUNs on a virtual disk must be of the same RAID level.

You cannot combine SAS and SATA drives in the same virtual disk.

The minimum and maximum number of disk drives for each RAID level are as follows

To configure a subsystem using a customized storage deployment:

1.

Start the Storage Deployment wizard automatically or manually as follows:
• Automatic: If, when you start SAN Connection Manager, it detects either an uninitialized EVA

storage subsystem or an MSA storage subsystem that does not have any subsystem or LUN created,

a message box prompts you to configure the subsystem. To start the Storage Deployment wizard,

click Yes.

• Manual: Follow these steps to manually start the wizard:

a. On the Advanced Operations menu, click Configuration using Application Templates.
b. If you have multiple subsystems, the Select a Subsystem dialog box prompts you to select the

storage subsystem you want to configure. Select your subsystem, and then click OK.
If the selected subsystem already has logical disks containing data, SAN Connection Manager

displays a message warning that the storage subsystem will be uninitialized and all logical disks

and their data will be deleted.

c. To acknowledge the warning, uninitialize the storage subsystem, delete all logical disks, and

start the Storage Deployment wizard, type YES, and then click OK. To abandon this deployment,

click Cancel.

SAN Connection Manager loads the storage templates and launches the wizard. If the storage

subsystem is an HP EVA, the window shown in

Figure 106

opens; proceed with

step 2

. If the storage

subsystem is an HP MSA, the wizard window is not shown; skip to

step 3

.

Figure 106

Storage Deployment wizard: enter EVA array name (custom deployment)

RAID Level

Minimum Drives

Maximum Drives

0 2

16

1

2

16

5

3

16

6

4

16

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