HP Array Controller HSG V8.7 Software - Manual (Page 82)

3–4 HSG80 User’s Guide
Planning and Configuring Storagesets
Use this procedure to plan and configure the storagesets for your
subsystem. Use the references in each step to locate details about
specific commands and concepts.
1. Create a storageset and device profile. See “Creating a Storageset and
Device Profile,” page 3–5, for suggestions about creating a profile.
2. Determine your storage requirements. Use the questions in
“Determining Storage Requirements,” page 3–7, to help you.
3. Choose the type of storagesets you need to use in your subsystem. See
“Choosing a Storageset Type,” page 3–8, for a comparison and
description of each type of storageset.
4. Select names for your storagesets and units. See “Creating a Storageset
Map,” page 3–32, for details about selecting names.
5. Assign unit numbers to storagesets so the host can access the units.
See“Creating a Storageset Map,” page 3–32, for information about how
to assign units numbers to storagesets.
6. Create a storageset map to help you configure your subsystem. See
“Creating a Storageset Map,” page 3–32, for suggestions about creating
a storageset map.
7. If you are going to partition your storagesets, plan the partitions. See
“Planning Partitions,” page 3–37, for information about partitions and
how to plan for them.
8. Choose the switches that you will want to set for your storagesets and
devices. See“Choosing Switches for Storagesets and Devices,” page
3–39, for a description of the switches you can select for storagesets.
9. Configure the storagesets you have planned using one of these methods:
n Use StorageWorks Command Console (SWCC), a Graphical User
Interface (GUI), to set up and manage RAID storage subsystems.
See the SWCC Getting Started guide for details about using SWCC
to configure your storagesets.
n Use CLI commands. This method allows you flexibility in defining
and naming storagesets. See “Configuring Storagesets with CLI
Commands,” page 3–55, for information about configuring each
type of storageset using CLI commands.