Compaq HSZ80 Choosing Switches for Storagesets Devices, Enabling Switches, Changing Switches

3–42Creating Storagesets

Choosing Switches for Storagesets and

Devices

Depending upon the kind of storageset or device you are configuring, you can enable the following options or “switches”:

■RAIDset and mirrorset switches

■Initialize switches

■Unit switches

■Device switches

Enabling Switches

If you use StorageWorks Command Console to configure the device or storageset, you can set switches from the command console screens during the configuration process. The Command Console automatically applies them to the storageset or device. See Getting Started with Command Console for information about using the Command Console.

When you use CLI commands to manually configure the storageset or device, the procedures in Chapter 4, “Configuring Storagesets”, indicate when and how to enable each switch.

Changing Switches

You can change the RAIDset, mirrorset, device, and unit switches at any time. See “Changing Switches for a Storageset or Device,” page 4–17,for information about changing switches for a storageset or device.

You cannot change the initialize switches without destroying the data on the storageset or device. These switches are integral to the formatting and can only be changed by re-initializing the storageset. (Initializing a storageset is similar to formatting a disk drive; all of the data is destroyed during this procedure.)