Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 32)

Enabling Access Logix and Creating Storage Groups
The following subsection provides the required procedures for creating storage groups and connecting your storage systems to the host
systems using the Access Logix software.
Enabling Access Logix and Creating Storage Groups for Systems Using Navisphere 6.x
1. Ensure that Navisphere Agent is started on all host systems.
a. Click the Start button and select Programs → Administrative Tools, and then select Services.
b. In the Services window, verify the following:
In the Name column, Navisphere Agent appears.
In the Status column, Navisphere Agent is set to Started.
In the Startup Type column, Navisphere Agent is set to Automatic.
2. Open a Web browser.
3. Enter the IP address of the storage management server on your storage system and then press .
NOTE: The storage management server is usually one of the SPs on your storage system.
4. In the Enterprise Storage window, click the Storage tab.
5. Right-click the icon of your storage system.
6. In the drop-down menu, click Properties.
The Storage Systems Properties window appears.
7. Click the Storage Access tab.
8. Select the Access Control Enabled check box.
A dialog box appears, prompting you to enable Access Control.
NOTICE: Before enabling Access Control, ensure that no hosts are attempting to access the storage system. Enabling Access
Control prevents all hosts from accessing any data until they are given explicit access to a LUN in the appropriate storage group. You
must stop all I/O before enabling Access Control. Dell recommends shutting down all hosts connected to the storage system during
this procedure or data loss may occur. After you enable the Access Control software, it cannot be disabled.
9. Click Yes to enable Access Control.
10. Click OK.
11. Right-click the icon of your storage system and select Create Storage Group.
The Create Storage Group dialog box appears.
12. In the Storage Group Name field, enter a name for the storage group.
13. In the Sharing State drop-down menu, select one of the following radio buttons:
Shareable — If the storage group is for a cluster
Dedicated — If the storage group is for a nonclustered server
14. Click Apply.
15. Add new LUNs to the storage group.