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HP VMA-series Memory Arrays User Manual

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HP VMA SAN Gateway User’s Guide

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5.

Define the size of a LUN, in one of the following ways:

To define the size of the LUN based on the space available, select

Use all available space

equally

.

To manually define the size of each LUN, select

Specific size per LUN

and enter the size in GB.

Note:

The size of the LUNs may be restricted by the space available in the container.

6.

Select one of the following block sizes for the LUN:

512 bytes

.

4096 bytes

.

Caution:

Not all systems can handle 4096-byte blocks. Use 512-byte blocks, if you are not sure what

type of clients will be connected to an exported LUN.

7.

Make the following selections, as appropriate:

Zero-out drive space when creating

—Securely erases the drive prior to creating the new

LUNs. Zeroing-out data may take some time for large LUNs.

Online

—Sets the LUNs online.

Read-only

—Sets the LUNs as read-only.

8.

Click OK. The specified LUNs are created in the container.

To delete a LUN, do the following:

1.

Select Manage > Manage LUNs. The LUN Management page appears.

2.

In the Container panel, select a container from the Container drop-down list.

3.

Search for the LUN, as described in

Searching, Sorting, and Performing LUN Operations

on

page 42.

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