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Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Support

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To use auto-carving

1

Enable the auto-carving feature. You can do so using 3DM2 or 3BM.

In 3DM2, enable Auto-Carving at the bottom of the

Management >>

Controller Settings

page.

In 3BM, you enable Auto-Carving on the

Settings >> Controller

Policies

page.

Figure 34. Show Auto-Carve policy in 3BM

2

Create a new unit or migrate an existing unit to include the drives you
want to use.

If the combined capacity of the drives exceeds the carve size, a number of
volumes will be created.

3

Verify the creation of the volumes.

In 3DM2, the number of volumes is shown on the Unit Details page.

4

Verify that the volumes appear in the operating system. They will appear
as additional drives.

Notes:

If you are configuring a unit for primary storage and it will be greater than 2 TB,
be sure to enable the auto-carve policy before creating the unit.

When volumes have been created through auto-carving, they cannot be
deleted except by deleting the unit.

If you create a bootable unit that has multiple volumes, the first volume can be
used as the boot device.

Changing the auto-carve policy does not affect existing units.