HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Getting started.........................................................................................14
Creating storage with HP StoreVirtual Storage............................................................................14
Configuring storage systems.....................................................................................................15
Creating a storage volume using the Management Groups, Clusters, and Volumes wizard...............15
Enabling server access to volumes............................................................................................16
Using the Map View...............................................................................................................17
Using the display tools.......................................................................................................17
Using views and layouts......................................................................................................17
Setting preferences.................................................................................................................18
Setting the font size and locale............................................................................................18
Setting naming conventions.................................................................................................18
Changing naming conventions........................................................................................18
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................19
Storage systems not found...................................................................................................19
Configuring remote support for HP StoreVirtual Storage...............................................................19
2 Working with storage systems....................................................................21
Identifying the storage system hardware.....................................................................................21
Storage system tasks...............................................................................................................22
Logging in to and out of storage systems ..............................................................................22
Logging out of a storage system .....................................................................................22
Changing the storage system hostname................................................................................22
Locating the storage system in a rack....................................................................................22
Powering off or rebooting the storage system .............................................................................23
Powering on or off, or rebooting storage systems with modular components...............................23
Rebooting the storage system...............................................................................................24
Powering off the storage system...........................................................................................24
Upgrading LeftHand OS on storage systems...............................................................................25
Registering advanced features for a storage system ....................................................................25
Determining volume and snapshot availability............................................................................25
Checking status of dedicated boot devices ................................................................................26
Checking boot device status................................................................................................26
Getting there................................................................................................................26
Replacing a dedicated boot device......................................................................................27
3 Configuring RAID and Managing Disks.......................................................28
Getting there..........................................................................................................................28
Configuring and managing RAID..............................................................................................28
RAID Levels............................................................................................................................28
Explaining RAID devices in the RAID setup report.......................................................................29
RAID devices by RAID type.................................................................................................29
Virtual RAID devices......................................................................................................30
Planning the RAID configuration...............................................................................................30
Data protection..................................................................................................................30
Using RAID for data redundancy.....................................................................................30
Using Network RAID in a cluster.....................................................................................31
Using disk RAID with Network RAID in a cluster.....................................................................31
Mixing RAID configurations.................................................................................................32
Setting RAID rebuild rate.........................................................................................................32
General guidelines for setting the RAID rebuild rate................................................................32
Setting the RAID rebuild rate...............................................................................................32
Reconfiguring RAID.................................................................................................................33
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