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Identifying Available Storage Devices

The V-Switch supports a maximum of 512 disks.

Before beginning to configure virtual volumes, you need to know which storage devices are available. Use the CLI command storage show to show the available storage devices and their corresponding aliases needed to configure volumes

storage show

Table 18:	Storage Devices
Alias	Entity Name	LUN	Oper. Status	Type
Stor_1	500507606058c900	0	Enabled	entire
Stor_2	2000002037f88fb8	0	Enabled	entire
Stor_3	2000002037c32b1f	0	Enabled	entire
Stor_4	2000002037c32450	0	Enabled	entire

Not all storage devices are able to support this feature.

Enabled operating status denotes an attached and functioning storage device. Storage is missing denotes that a storage device was previously registered and has since lost its connection to the V-Switch.

If a subdisk has been created on a disk, the subdisk status in the disk details will display split. If no subdisks were created, the subdisk status will display entire. See “storage details,” page 87.

The V-Switch automatically generates and assigns storage aliases as each device is discovered. Use the CLI command storage blink activate to identify the actual physical device for an alias.

storage blink activate

You need to define two parameters to blink a storage device:

SWITCH	PARAMETER	DEFINITION	STATUS	EXAMPLE
-s	STORAGE DEVICE	ALAIS OF DEVICE	MANDATORY	Stor_1
		TO BLINK
-t	TIME	LENGTH OF TIME TO	OPTIONAL	120
		BLINK DEVICE	1-3600 SEC
			0=FOREVER
			DEFAULT: 0

Example:

The storage device, Stor_1, is set to blink for two minutes (one hundred and twenty seconds) to allow it to be identified.

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