HP VMA-series Memory Arrays User Manual
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The Create LUN window appears.
4.
Define the number of LUNs in the # LUNs to Make space.
5.
Define the name of the LUNs in the LUN Name space.
If the number of LUNs to be created is greater than one, the name of each of
the newly created LUNs will be appended with an index number beginning
with 1 up to the number of LUNs created.
6.
Define the size of the LUNs.
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To define the size of the LUN based on the space available, select the
“Use all available space equally” button.
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To manually define the size of each LUN, select the “Specific size per
LUN” button and enter the size (in GB) in the space.
The size of the LUNs may be restricted by the space available in the container.
7.
Define the block size of the LUN.
Note:
This is equivalent to specifying the sector size for the LUN.
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To define the block size at 512 bytes, select the “512 bytes” button.
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To define the block size at 4096 bytes, select the “4096 bytes” button.
Not all systems can handle 4096-byte blocks. Use 512-byte blocks if you are
in doubt.
8.
To securely erase the drive, select the “Zero-out drive space when creating”
check box.
Zeroing-out data could take a long time for large LUNs.
9.
To set the LUNs online, select the Online check box.
LUNs may be online or offline.
10.
To define the LUNs as read-only, select the Read-only check box.
11.
Click the OK button.
The LUNs are created in the container.