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Apple Xsan 2 User Manual

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2

In the “Volume Name and Type” pane, enter a name for the volume and choose a

volume type that matches the type of work the volume will support.

3

If the Label LUNs pane appears, select “Automatically label all unlabeled LUNs with

prefix” and click Continue.

4

In the Configure Volume Affinities pane, drag LUNs from the left column to the

corresponding affinity tag in the right column.

a

Drag the special metadata LUN you created (in “Step 6: Create a metadata array”) to

the MetadataAndJournal affinity tag.

b

Drag your other LUNs to the other affinity tags.

To avoid wasting storage, all LUNs assigned to an affinity tag should be the same size.

c

If you’re left with any affinity tags that contain no LUNs, delete them.

d

When you finish, click Continue.

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Chapter 1

Quick SAN setup