Compaq HSZ80 manual Planning and Configuring Storagesets, 4Creating Storagesets

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Planning and Configuring Storagesets

Use this procedure to plan and configure the storagesets for your subsystem. Use the references in each step to locate details about specific commands and concepts.

1.Create a storageset and device profile. See “Creating a Storageset and Device Profile,” page 3–5for suggestions about creating a profile.

2.Determine your storage requirements. Use the questions in “Determining Storage Requirements,” page 3–7to help you.

3.Choose the type of storagesets you need to use in your subsystem. See “Choosing a Storageset Type,” page 3–8for a comparison and description of each type of storageset.

4.Select names for your storagesets and units. See “Creating a Storageset Map,” page 3–34for details about selecting names.

5.Assign unit numbers to storagesets so the host can access the units. See “Node IDs,” page 3–30for information about how to assign unit numbers to storagesets.

6.Create a storageset map to help you configure your subsystem. See “Creating a Storageset Map,” page 3–34for suggestions about creating a storageset map.

7.If you are going to partition your storagesets, plan the partitions. See “Planning Partitions,” page 3–40for information about partitions and how to plan for them.

8.Choose the switches that you will want to set for your storagesets and devices. See“Choosing Switches for Storagesets and Devices,” page 3–42for a description of the switches you can select for storagesets.

9.Configure the storagesets you have planned using one of these methods:

❏Use StorageWorks Command Console (SWCC) to set up and manage RAID storage subsystems. See the SWCC Getting Started Guide for details about using SWCC to configure your storagesets.

❏Use CLI commands. This method allows you flexibility in defining and nam- ing storagesets. See “Configuring Storagesets,” page 4–1for information about configuring each type of storageset using CLI commands.