Creating a new volume – Dell PowerVault NX300 User Manual
Page 42
42
Using Your NAS System
6 Click File Screening ManagementFile Screens.
7 Either right-click or use Create File Screen option from the right pane.
8 Follow the wizard, select the path (volume or folder in which you want to
create the file screen), select your preferred
File Screen Properties and
click
Create.
The newly-created file screen is displayed in the central pane.
9 Select any of the existing file screens and right-click or use the options in
right-most panes to change the file screen properties.
Creating a New Volume
NOTE:
Backup Operator or Administrator is the minimum membership required to
perform this configuration.
To create a new volume:
1 From your NAS system or remote desktop, open disk management, select
the
Rescan Disks option.
The central pane lists the LUNs of storage located on your NAS system.
NOTE:
The default status for the newly-created LUN in Disk management is
Unknown and Offline.
2 Select the Disk, right-click, and select the Online option.
Now the disk is seen as
Unknown and Not Initialized.
3 Select the Disk, right-click, and select the Initialize Disk option. In the
Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize.
A pop-up window to select the partition style for the selected disks is
displayed with the following options:
• MBR (Master Boot Record)
• GPT (GUID Partition Table)
4 Select a partition style and click OK.
NOTE:
The disk is initialized as a basic disk.
book.book Page 42 Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:45 AM