Dell PowerVault NX3600 Deployment Manual

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3. Start the Create Disk Group Wizard using one of the following methods:
a) On the Logical tab, select Unconfigured Capacity, or right-click Unconfigured Capacity and select Create Disk
Group from the pop-up menu.
b) On the Physical tab, select one or more unassigned physical disks of the same physical disk type, or right-click
the unassigned physical disks and select
Create Disk Group from the pop-up menu.
The Introduction (Create Disk Group) window is displayed.
4. In the Introduction (Create Disk Group) window, click Next.
The Disk Group Name & Physical Disk Selection window is displayed.
5. Type a name for the disk group in Disk Group Name.
It is recommended that you use the name of the NAS cluster appended by disk group and number for the disk group
name. For example,
NX3600-Disk-Group-0
.
NOTE: The disk group name must not exceed 30 characters.
6. In Physical Disk selection, select Automatic and click Next.
7. In the RAID Level and Capacity window, select the appropriate RAID level from the RAID level list.
You can select RAID levels 1/10, 5, or 6. Depending on the RAID level chosen, the physical disks available for the
selected RAID level are displayed in Select Capacity table.
8. In the Select Capacity table, select the relevant disk group capacity, and click Finish.
The Disk Group Created screen is displayed. If you are going to use two disk groups, repeat the procedure and then
proceed to Creating Virtual Disks.
Creating Disk Groups Manually
To create disk groups manually:
1. Launch the PowerVault MDSM software on the management station.
2. Select the MD storage array you plan to use for your NAS storage.
See the Dell PowerVault MD32x0i storage array Deployment Guide at support.dell.com/manuals.
3. Start the Create Disk Group Wizard using one of the following methods:
On the Logical tab, select Unconfigured Capacity, or right-click Unconfigured Capacity and select Create
Disk Group from the pop-up menu.
On the Physical tab, select one or more unassigned physical disks of the same physical disk type, or right-
click the unassigned physical disks and select Create Disk Group from the pop-up menu.
The Introduction (Create Disk Group) window is displayed.
4. In the Introduction (Create Disk Group) window, click Next.
The Disk Group Name & Physical Disk Selection window is displayed.
5. Type a name for the disk group in Disk group name.
It is recommended that you use the name of the NAS cluster appended by disk group and number for the Disk
group name. For example,
NX3600-Disk-Group-0
.
NOTE: The disk group name must not exceed 30 characters.
6. In Physical Disk selection choices, select Manual and click Next.
7. In the RAID Level and Capacity window, select the appropriate RAID level from the RAID level list.
You can select RAID levels 1/10, 5, or 6. Depending on the RAID level chosen, the physical disks available for the
selected RAID level are displayed in Unselected Physical Disks table.
8. In the Unselected Physical Disks table, select the relevant disk group capacity, and click Add.
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