Using the Create Logical Drive Wizard

You can create on the storage subsystem by using the Create Logical Drive Wizard. You create logical drives from these items:

Keep these important guidelines in mind when you create a logical drive:

  1. Choose one of these methods to start the Create Logical Drive Wizard:
    The Create Logical Drive Wizard launches.
  2. Follow the directions on each wizard dialog, and click Next to move to the next wizard dialog.

This table describes the dialogs that you see when you use the Create Array Wizard.

Dialog Description
Create Logical Drive Wizard - Introduction

Describes how the Create Logical Drive Wizard assists you with allocating the capacity needed for creating a logical drive or an array on your storage subsystem. The capacity of the selected Unconfigured Capacity node, the Free Capacity node, or unassigned disk drives appears.

If you selected an Unconfigured Capacity node or unassigned disk drives before entering the wizard, the Create Logical Drive Wizard - Specify Array dialog appears next. If you selected a Free Capacity node before entering the wizard, the Create Logical Drive Wizard - Specify Capacity/Name dialog appears next.

Create Logical Drive Wizard - Specify Array

Lets you specify the level of the array that meets your logical drive data storage and protection requirements. This dialog lets you select the disk drives that will comprise the array. This dialog also lets you specify whether you want to use the automatic disk drive selection option or the manual disk drive selection option to specify the capacity of the array.

  • If you choose the automatic disk drive selection choice, you can select from the list of pre-calculated capacities for the array that you are creating. The Create Logical Drive Wizard - Specify Capacity/Name dialog appears next.
  • If you choose the manual disk drive selection choice, you can manually select the specific disk drives you want to use to obtain the appropriate array capacity. The Create Logical Drive Wizard - Specify Capacity/Name dialog appears next
  • If you choose to customize advanced logical drive parameters, the Create Logical Drive Wizard - Customize Advanced Logical Drive Parameters dialog appears next.
Create Logical Drive Wizard - Specify Capacity/Name

Lets you specify the capacity for the logical drive, the logical drive name, and whether you want to use recommended advanced logical drive settings or customize the advanced logical drive settings for this logical drive.

Create Logical Drive Wizard - Customize Advanced Logical Drive Parameters

Lets you specify the logical drive I/O characteristics that apply to the logical drive based on your needs. You can also specify a custom cache read-ahead multiplier and , and

Create Logical Drive Wizard - Specify Mappings

Lets you specify how you want a LUN to be mapped to the individual logical drive.

Create Logical Drive Wizard - Confirmation

Lets you restart the wizard to create another logical drive.

Create Logical Drive Wizard - Allocate Capacity

Lets you create another new logical drive by using either free capacity or unconfigured capacity that is available on your storage subsystem. This dialog appears after you have successfully created a and clicked Yes to create another logical drive.

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