HP Surestore NAS - Manual (Page 2)

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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................2
LEGAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................7
Acknowledgments..............................................................................................................................................7
Software License Agreement.................................................................................................................................7
Environmental and Regulatory Compliance ......................................................................................................9
HP NAS VA Warranty Information .................................................................................... 10
Planning for Support ........................................................................................................................................10
Obtaining Out-of-Warranty Support ................................................................................................................10
Hewlett-Packard Limited Warranty Statement ................................................................................................11
HP NAS VA ......................................................................................................................13
Overview ..........................................................................................................................................................13
Storage Overview .............................................................................................................................................13
Physical Storage...........................................................................................................................................13
Disk Drives..............................................................................................................................................13
Virtual Array ...........................................................................................................................................14
Active Spare ............................................................................................................................................14
Logical Storage ............................................................................................................................................14
Logical Unit Number...............................................................................................................................14
Volume Groups.......................................................................................................................................14
Logical Volumes .....................................................................................................................................14
Snapshots.................................................................................................................................................15
Planning Your Storage .....................................................................................................................................15
Planning LUNs and Volume Groups...........................................................................................................15
Planning Snapshots......................................................................................................................................15
USING THE HP NAS VA ...............................................................................................17
Getting Started - Part 1.....................................................................................................................................17
Recommendation .........................................................................................................................................17
Understanding NAS VA Storage Terminology ...........................................................................................17
NAS VA Storage Configuration Tools........................................................................................................18
Command View NAS GUI Command Line............................................................................................18
Command View NAS (under the Storage Tab).....................................................................................18
Command Line ........................................................................................................................................18
Items to be aware of:....................................................................................................................................19
Volume Group Creation..........................................................................................................................19
LUN Creation..........................................................................................................................................19
Adding Storage to an Existing Volume Group, Exp anding the Size of an Existing Volume Group......19
Getting Started - Part 2.....................................................................................................................................19
set_parms initial Command .........................................................................................................................20
Using the NAS Web Interface..........................................................................................................................21
Using Online Help............................................................................................................................................22