Storage Partitioning Tutorial

Use this tutorial as a guide to set up Storage Partitioning on a . Keep in mind that there are other ways to configure a storage subsystem. This tutorial is presented as one possible scenario.

The tutorial explains how to define the and for the hosts Omaha A, Omaha B, KC-A, and KC-B that are connected to the Midwest storage subsystem. The administrator of the storage subsystem should make sure that hosts Omaha A and Omaha B have access to the Marketing and the H Resources logical drive. Hosts KC-A and KC-B should have access to the Legal logical drive and the Engineering logical drive. In addition, the administrator wants host KC-B to have exclusive access to the Financial logical drive.


Important:

An mapping is not required for an . If your storage subsystem is managed using an out-of-band connection, and an access logical drive mapping is assigned to the , an access logical drive mapping is assigned to every host created from the Default Group. To prevent this action from occurring, remove the access logical drive mapping from the Default Group. For more information, refer to the Removing an Access Logical Drive Mapping online help topic.

  1. Create logical drives for Financial, Legal, Engineering, Marketing, and H Resources according to the procedures in the Creating a Logical Drive online help topic.When entering mapping settings, use the recommended settings, or select Map later with Storage Partitioning.
  2. Define the Omaha and KC according to the procedures in the Defining a Host Group online help topic.You must create host groups because multiple hosts must have access to the same logical drives.
  3. Define the Omaha A, Omaha B, KC-A, and KC-B hosts under the host groups according to the procedures in the Defining a Host online help topic.
  4. Define the Omaha A1, Omaha A2, Omaha B1, Omaha B2, KC-A1, KC-A2, KC-B1, and KC-B2 according to the procedures in the Defining an HBA Host Port online help topic.The host bus adapter (HBA) host ports are the topological entity that enables the hosts to access the logical drives.
  5. Complete these steps to assign access for each host group or host according to the procedures in the Using the Storage Partitioning Wizard online help topic.
    1. Select host KC-B, and define an exclusive mapping for the Financial logical drive. You have created one storage partition.
    2. Select host group Kansas City, and define mappings for the Legal and Engineering logical drives. You have created a second storage partition.
    3. Select host group Omaha, and define mappings for the Marketing and H Resources logical drives. You have created a third storage partition.

Related Links: