Connect A Computer To A Volume - Dell EqualLogic PS4210 Installation And Setup Manual

PS4210 Installation Guide
Field Description
Click New to define a new access policy or policy group.
New
From either the Available list or the Selected list, select an
Edit
access policy or policy group and click Edit to change it.
Step 4: Sector Size
Field Description
You can create volumes that use e ither 512-byte or 4KB
sectors. The sector size of a volume has no dependency on the
sector size of the physical drives in the array. T he default
volume setting of 512 bytes is almost always optimal, even if
the physical drives use 4KB sectors.
If you create a volume that uses 4KB sectors, f irst verify that
Sector Size
your operating system supports 4KB sectors. Refer to the
documentation for your operating system for information
about whether 4KB sectors are supported.
After you have created a volume, you cannot change its sector
size.
Step 5: Summary
This page lets you review the settings that will be applied to the new volume. Some of these are
the settings you just specified in the wizard and others are set as defaults in the software.
Review these settings before you click
Field Description
Displays the volume name, storage pool assignment, volume size, sector size, and
General
description
Settings
Displays the amount of snapshot reserve space, and the current default settings
Snapshot
regarding when to issue space warnings and how to manage space recovery
settings
Displays the iSCSI settings for the volume including the access type and the access
iSCSI
control rules that will be applied
Access
Click this link to copy a text version of the summary settings to the computer's
Copy
clipboard
• To make changes to the settings, use the
screens.
• To create the volume with the current settings, click the
• To close the dialog box without creating the volume, click

Connect a Computer to a Volume

When you create a volume, the PS Series group automatically generates an iSCSI target name,
with the volume name appended to the end of the target name. Each volume appears on the
network as an iSCSI target.
An example of an iSCSI target name for a volume named
iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic.5-4a0900-2f00000-007eca92d654f160-dbvol
To connect a computer to a volume:
and create the volume.
Finish
button as necessary to return to previous
Back
Finish
Cancel
dbvol
5 Storage Allocation
Shortcut Key
None
None
Shortcut Key
512 bytes: Alt+5
4KB: Alt+4
button.
.
is as follows:
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