-C H A P T E R

Because the console does not receive event alerts unless it is running, after configuring the array, always leave Sun StorEdge Configuration Service running in its minimized mode on the console workstation. Or, instead of keeping the console running, you can use Sun StorEdge Diagnostic Reporter, a companion utility of Sun StorEdge Configuration Service that runs as a background service that sends messages from the hosts and array to specified email addresses. For details, refer to the Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Diagnostic Reporter User's Guide. For another method of receiving event alerts, see To Send SNMP Traps Without Using Sun StorEdge Configuration Service.

Note - For Sun StorEdge Configuration Service to view and manage a SCSI or FC array, each HBA card must be connected to the primary controller.

To Start Sun StorEdge Configuration Service on a Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, and AIX Host

At the command prompt, type:

# ssconsole

To Start Sun StorEdge Configuration Service on a Microsoft Windows Host

For Windows 2000, choose Start right arrow Programs Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Configuration Service.

For Windows 2003, choose Start right arrow All Programs Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Configuration Service.

Main Window Before and After First Use

When the program initializes for the first time, the main window is blank. The Add Server window is displayed, enabling you to add servers to the Managed Servers list of the console you are using. For details on adding servers, see To Add Servers.

Whenever you start the program after the first time and after you have selected Managed Servers, the main window displays server icons for the servers on the Managed Servers list. Click OK or Cancel to continue.

If Console Locks Up During Use

On UNIX systems, if the console locks up during use, you can stop Sun StorEdge Configuration Service, and then close and reopen the window without affecting the agent.

To Stop Sun StorEdge Configuration Service

1. At the command prompt, type:

# ssconsole stop

2. Run the program again.

The window is displayed again without affecting the agent.

The Menu, Toolbar, and Tabs

It is useful to review the main window, which includes a menu bar, tabs, and a toolbar for access to key functions.

Screen capture showing the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service menu bar, tabs, and toolbar.

Menu Bar

The following figure shows the main menu options.

Screen capture showing main menu options.

Toolbar

Located below the menu bar, the toolbar provides icons that give you quick access to commonly used functions. Select an icon to activate its function. Toolbar icons can appear both as active or inactive (grayed), depending on what resources are available in the main window.


Icon	Description
	Server List Setup. Adds servers that the console manages, edits server information, or designates that an available server is managed.
	Event Log. View events such as storage device status changes, hardware status changes, or operational notifications.
	Save Event Log. Displays the Save Event Log File dialog box, which enables you to conveniently save the Event Log without having to go to the Event Log window.
	Delete Event Log. Manually deletes the contents of the eventlog.txt file. (The program accumulates events until the limit of 10,000 is reached, at which time the Event Log is automatically reduced to the most current 500 events.)
	Save Report. Creates a text file containing data about each of the storage components on the selected server as of the current date.
	Standard Configuration. Creates one or more logical drives with one RAID level on the selected array controller. Use when you want a predefined configuration where Sun StorEdge Configuration Service automatically configures storage.
	Custom Configuration. Provides multiple choices for configuring or reconfiguring logical drives or logical volumes with varying RAID levels on the selected array controller. Provides multiple choices for configuring or reconfiguring logical drives with varying RAID levels on the selected controller. Use when you want to manually define configuration, including setting or changing controller IDs and parameters and defining or modifying RAID sets and standby drives.

Tabs

Located below the toolbar, tabs enable you to quickly move to other Sun StorEdge Configuration Service views.


Tab	Description
	Click to go to the main Sun StorEdge Configuration Service window.
	Click to go to Resource Allocation View. (Reserved for future use.)
	Click to go to LUN Filter View. (Fibre Channel only.)

Physical (Hard) Drives

As the array becomes fully configured, the main window displays multiple components. The physical drives that make up the logical drives are displayed by default; however, to make the main window more manageable to navigate, you can choose not to display the physical (hard) drives by deselecting View right arrow Display HDD under LD.

Navigating

The program follows standard Java programming language keyboard and navigation operation.

To Add Servers

Before you can monitor or configure a server, you need to add it to the Managed Servers list through Server List Setup.

1. Start Sun StorEdge Configuration Service if it is not already running.

2. Choose File right arrow Server List Setup.

The Server List Setup window is displayed.

Screen capture of the Server List Setup window showing Available Servers and Managed Servers.

3. (Optional) Organize the servers into groups:

a. Click Groups in the Server List Setup window.

The Group List Setup window is displayed.

Screen capture of the Group List Setup window showing Available Groups and Group Name.

b. Type a name in the Group Name field and click Add.

c. To delete a group, select the group name from the Available Groups list and click Delete.

d. When you are finished adding and deleting groups, click OK.

The Server List Setup window is displayed.

4. Add a server:

a. Click Add under the Available Servers list.

The Add Server window is displayed.

Screen capture of the Add Sever window showing the Properties options.

b. Type the name of the server in the Server name field and press Return.

This is the name you use to identify the server. If this name is in your network's name server database, Sun StorEdge Configuration Service determines the server's IP address and displays it in the IP Address field.

If the program cannot find an IP address for the name, the name was either typed incorrectly or has not been recorded in the server's name database.

c. If necessary, type the server's TCP/IP address in the IP Address field.

For example, 192.168.100.1.

If the program has not already displayed the IP address (as described in the previous step), type the IP address manually.

Selecting Get IP Address by Name, located below the IP Address field, is another method of having the program search for the IP address and display it automatically. As mentioned in the previous step, it works only if your network has a name server database and you have typed the server name as it is recorded in the database. Otherwise, you must type the IP address manually.

5. Select or Deselect Automatic Discovery of servers:

a. Select No for Auto Discovery if you need a very secure environment where access even to server inventory data is restricted.

When you select No, the program does not retrieve server information when starting up. The server's icon appears color-coded white (instead of active purple) to indicate it is undiscovered. When you double-click an undiscovered server, Sun StorEdge Configuration Service prompts you for the ssmon user password. Optionally, you can also select the server and select File right arrow Login.

Select Yes for Auto Discovery to retrieve all information available about this server when the console is started.

b. If you select Yes for Auto Discovery, type the same monitor password that was typed earlier when the ssmon user was set up on the server (or group of servers if you have a domain or a DNS tree).

Once the server(s) have been established using Auto Discovery, you do not need to type the ssmon password when you log into Sun StorEdge Configuration Service; you automatically have monitoring privileges.

However, whenever you choose a command to perform administration or configuration activities, you are prompted with a login dialog box to change your level of security by typing the password for either the ssadmin or ssconfig user that was established earlier.

c. Click OK.

6. Set email addresses:

a. If you want Sun StorEdge Configuration Service to send event messages using email, select the Mailing Lists tab and continue with the following directions.

You might want to type your own email address and the addresses of selected users for the purpose of receiving information about critical events on the server.

Note - Instead of keeping the console running in the foreground, you can use Sun StorEdge Sun StorEdge Diagnostic Reporter, a companion utility of Sun StorEdge Configuration Service that runs as a background service that sends messages from the hosts and array to specified email addresses. For details, refer to the Sun StorEdge 3000 Family Diagnostic Reporter User's Guide. To ensure that Sun StorEdge Configuration Service receives email, see Email and SNMP for information on setting traps. For another method of receiving event alerts, see To Send SNMP Traps Without Using Sun StorEdge Configuration Service.

Screen capture of the Add Server dialog box showing the Mailing Lists options.

b. For each user, type an email address in the Mail Address field.

c. In the Severity list box, scroll through the list of severity levels and choose from the following:

Critical - A message that requires intervention by the network administrator, such as failure of a device, power supply, or fan.

Warning - Messages that generally indicate internal program events. If you see a large number of these messages, it might mean that there is a problem with the server or the network.

Informational - Messages about the devices on the server that do not require
intervention by the network administrator.

Whatever level you choose, you receive event messages for that level and any other levels at a higher severity. If you choose Informational, for example, you are notified of any form of malfunction. Conversely, if you want to be notified of only critical situations, select Critical, and you are not notified of any Informational or Warning events.

d. Click Add to List.

To delete a user from the list, select the mail address and click Delete from List.

e. Indicate the mail server to be used.

Note that the Setup Mail Server button toggles with Change Mail Server, depending on whether a mail server has been defined previously.

For new setups, click Setup Mail Server. A Mail Server Setup window similar to the following is displayed.

Screen capture of the Mail Server Setup window showing the Outgoing Mail (SMTF) Server address.

f. Type the IP address or name of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) mail server that is delivering the email messages to the destination addresses specified earlier.

g. Click OK when you are satisfied with the information about the Mail Server window.

The Add Server window is displayed showing the Mailing Lists tab.

7. Complete the Add Server function:

a. If you want this server to be part of a group, select the Grouping tab.

The Add Server window is displayed.

Screen capture of the Add Server window showing the Grouping options.

b. Select the list box to view the choices available.

c. Select the desired group and release the mouse button.

d. Click OK to register the change.

8. If you want to add more servers, repeat Steps 3 through 7 for each server.

9. Move the servers you want this console to control to the Managed Servers list (see To Add Servers).

If you want this console to manage all the available servers, click Add All located at the top of the dialog box.

To move individual servers to the managed column, select each server individually and click Add located between the two list boxes.

If during the process of adding servers, modifications need to be made, see To Edit a Server Entry.

10. When you are finished adding servers, click OK to retu rn to the main window.

Note - If the array is attached to multiple hosts and an agent is installed on each host, each host's IP address must be entered and added to the Managed Servers list.

To Log In and Out

The log in and log out functions provide security within the program. The security levels are established by setting up three users: ssmon, ssadmin, and ssconfig, each with a password.

ssmon represents the monitoring level of the software; it displays alerts from the controller.

ssadmin represents the administration level of the software; it provides access to Rebuild, Parity Check, and Schedule Parity Check functions, as well as monitoring.

ssconfig represents the configuration level; it provides access to the configuration commands and all aspects of the program.

1. To log in, choose File right arrow Login.

Screen capture showing Server Login dialog box.

Maintain continuous access only as the monitoring user. When you select a command that requires the administration or configuration level, a login dialog box is displayed and you log into that level with the appropriate password. After completing your activity, log out.

2. To log out, choose File right arrow Logout.

When you log out from the administration or configuration level, you are given the option of logging out to the monitoring mode or logging out from the server entirely.

Screen capture showing Server Logout dialog box with Logout to monitoring mode option selected.

To Select a Server to Manage a Controller

To manage and monitor a Sun StorEdge 3510 FC array, the agent needs to have access to a host logical unit number (LUN) mapped to a partition of a logical drive assigned to the primary controller of the array. The agent ignores all host LUNs mapped to a partition of a logical drive assigned to a secondary controller in a redundant configuration of an array.

Note - See RAID Basics for a discussion of logical drives and LUNs.

If the same array is connected to multiple servers, it is possible to have the agent running on each of these servers trying to manage and monitor the same array. Due to a restriction on monitoring commands to be sent to the array controller by only one server at a time, some monitoring commands might fail if sent simultaneously by multiple servers. This could cause inaccurate reporting or the processes to stop responding. To prevent this from happening, the agent can be configured to enable/disable array monitoring on a server.

Assigning a Controller Through the Console

The following procedure can be performed from the console to assign server control to an array controller.

Caution - Sun StorEdge Configuration Service can monitor and manage up to 32 arrays at one time. However, console response time can decrease as the number of arrays increases.

1. Make sure all directly attached servers were added following the directions in To Add Servers.

This ensures that both Host names are present under Controller Assignments.

2. From the main window, choose Array Administration right arrow Controller Assignment.

The Assign Server to Manage a RAID Controller window is displayed.

3. Select a server from the Server to manage this controller list and click Apply.

This enables the selected server to manage an array controller. It also disables all other servers listed from managing the same array.

Screen capture of the Assign Server to Manage a RAID Controller showing Controller Serial Number List information.

4. Click Close to close the view.

The main window shows the controller device icon only under the server where the monitoring is enabled for this array.

Screen capture of Sun StorEdge Configuration Service showing the Main View directory.

Changing a Server Assignment

When you assign a server to manage a controller, information regarding the managing server is produced. The program stores this information on a controller and uses it to keep track of the managing server. In the event a server is shut down, for maintenance for example, and you try to assign another server to manage the controller, the program reads the stored server information from the controller and warns you that the controller is being managed already.

Note - You can override the current server assignment if you want to force a new server assignment.

You can view the managing server name by choosing the firmware application menu called "view and edit Host luns right arrow Edit Host-ID/WWN Name List."

Screen capture of the terminal menu option Edit Host-ID/WWN showing the server information.

If you want to change a server assignment, for example, because you are moving an array to a new location, before you move the array, you need to unassign the managing server following the steps in To Unassign the Managing Server.

If you have already moved the array, when the array starts up, you might see the warning message that the controller is already being managed by another server. You need to manually delete the server following the steps in To Manually Delete a Server Using the Terminal Window. Refer to the Sun StorEdge 3000 Family RAID Firmware User's Guide for your array for information about accessing the firmware application.

To Unassign the Managing Server

1. From the main window, choose Array Administration right arrow Controller Assignment.

2. Select the array controller for which you want to unassign a server.

3. From the Server to manage this controller: list box, select none.

Click Close to the following warning that is displayed confirming that the selected controller will no longer be managed by a server.

Screen capture showing the Warning message box confirming that the selected array controller will no longer be managed by a server.

4. Select the server you want to manage the controller following the steps in Assigning a Controller Through the Console.

To Manually Delete a Server Using the Terminal Window

Refer to the Sun StorEdge 3000 Family RAID Firmware User's Guide for your array for information about accessing the firmware application.

1. From the Main Menu, choose "view and edit Host luns right arrow Edit Host-ID/WWN Name List sscsMgr Delete Host-ID/WWN Name List."

2. Choose Yes to confirm.

To Configure Agent Parameters

This section provides steps to configure agent parameters, including polling time, periodic device discovery time, smart monitoring, out-of-band storage management, and enabling JBOD support using the View right arrow Agent Options Management command.

1. From the main window, choose View right arrow Agent Options Management.

The Agent Options Management window is displayed.

Note - Agent Options Management might not be available if one or more groups are configured and one of them is selected in the main window. To enable it, select an icon other than a group, and click View.

Screen capture of the Agent Options Management window with agent options displayed.

2. For Monitoring Frequency in Seconds, type the desired number in seconds.

This value is the interval between successive polling for any status change of devices, controllers, and enclosure monitoring by the agent. The default value is 60 seconds. If you want the console to update more frequently with device status changes, decrease this value.

Note - Increasing the polling interval could negatively impact error messaging under heavy I/O load.

3. For Periodic Device Discovery, type the value in minutes you want to check for new devices.

The periodic device discovery value is used to determine how often each device ID is scanned for a new device. The default value of 0 means do not scan for new devices. Note that device IDs are scanned less frequently as the numerical value increases.

Conversely, device IDs are scanned more frequently as the numerical value decreases. Five minutes is the minimum value.

4. For Interval of trap generation, type the amount of time (in seconds) between the sending of each trap message.

If the value is 60 seconds or greater, a message is sent at that interval, for that particular trap, until the event is cleared or corrected. For example, if a fan fails, a message regarding that fan failure is sent every 60 seconds until fixed.

If the value is 0, Sun StorEdge Configuration Service (and therefore Sun StorEdge Diagnostic Reporter) sends only one message regarding that particular event. For example, if a fan fails, only one email is sent.

5. For Timeout of heartbeat lost, set the amount of time in minutes to wait between the sending of failed server messages.

The default value is 15 minutes; the value range is 1 to 30 minutes.

6. To Enable SMART Monitoring, select the check box.

SMART monitoring is a method for hard drives to report predicted failures. Most disk vendors supply drives with this feature. The agent monitors this feature by issuing an unsolicited request sense. SMART monitoring can be turned off if this request causes conflicts with the underlying host operating system device drivers. For more information on SMART monitoring, refer to the Sun StorEdge 3000 Family RAID Firmware User's Guide for your array.

7. To Enable JBOD support, see To Enable JBOD Support.

8. The parameters under Controller Primary Agent Information, including the Password fields, pertain to out-of-band management.

See To Use Out-of-Band Management for information about configuring these parameters.

9. If you have selected any of the previous options, click OK to save your changes.

The Setting Agent Options notification message box is displayed showing the server's TCP/IP address.

Screen capture of the Setting Agent Options notification box showing the server's TCP/IP address.

10. Click OK to finish the procedure.

To Enable JBOD Support

Use Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) support only when you have a JBOD connected directly to the server. This enables you to monitor the peripheral device condition and events. If you have a JBOD connected to the RAID array, the RAID controllers monitor the JBOD condition and events for you.

Note - Enabling JBOD support could impact I/O.

1. Follow the steps in To Configure Agent Parameters.

2. Select Enable JBOD support.

For details on monitoring a JBOD, see Monitoring JBODs.

To Verify Storage Configurations

Once you have installed Sun StorEdge Configuration Service and added all the servers for storage that you want managed, you need to verify the storage configurations.

Note - Most arrays are shipped preconfigured. If you want to completely remove the existing configuration and start over, see Full Configuration. If you want to change the current configuration or add to it, see Updating the Configuration.

1. Make sure the server icon is online (that is, the server symbol is purple).

During power up, Sun StorEdge Configuration Service starts automatically.

2. Observe the main window and check the storage configuration.

3. If you have multiple managed servers, select the server you want to check.

If the server icon is not purple, determine the server's state (see TABLE 6-1). If the server's icon has a satellite dish attached to it Server in Discovery Process icon , the server might be in the discovery process and is available after a short delay.

4. Click the container symbolthat appears to the left of the server whose storage you want to check.

The program graphically displays each controller connected to the server as shown in the following figure.

Screen capture of the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service main window showing each host adapter or array controller connected to the server.

5. To see other details, click the container symbol next to the controller whose storage you want to check.

If the array has not yet been configured, no logical drives (LUNs for controllers) are displayed.

If the array has been fully configured, the program displays the devices and logical drives that are associated with the selected controller. It looks similar to the devices displayed in the following figure.

Screen capture of the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service main window showing devices and logical drives associated with the selected controller.

Selecting the container symbol to the left of any logical drive displays its assigned physical drives.

Note - You can choose to view the physical (hard) drives that make up the logical drives by selecting or deselecting View right arrow Display HDD under LD.

Your configuration might differ dramatically from that shown in the previous figure depending on the products you have installed.

If the array is not configured, see Full Configuration for instructions on configuring it.

6. Check the RAID level and logical drive structure.

7. If the array is already configured and the configuration meets your needs, continue with the next section.

If you would like to change the configuration, see Full Configuration.

To Save the Logical Drive Configuration

Even though logical drive configuration information is stored on controllers and on the physical drives attached to them, extreme circumstances, such as fire can occur, causing damage to both the controller and the drives. Keep multiple backup copies of your current logical drive (or LUN) configuration on diskette or some other form of external media other than the array. Keep at least one backup copy in a vault or secured location off site. A backup copy of the configuration enables you to restore the configuration to a new controller without having to completely reconfigure the appliance. If you do not have a backup copy of the current configuration, data could be lost.

Always save your controller configuration to a file whenever you:

Install a new storage system enclosure or change the SCSI ID for the controller in an existing enclosure

Replace a controller

Reconfigure or add logical drives to a controller

Rebuild the data from a failed drive to a standby drive

To restore a configuration from a file, see To Restore a Logical Drive Configuration.

1. Select the controller with the configuration you want to save.

2. Choose Configuration right arrow Save Configuration.

The Save Configuration window is displayed.

Screen capture of the Save Configuration window with filename displayed.

3. Navigate to the required drive and folder to locate the configuration file(s) to be updated, indicated by a .cfg extension.

Save the file(s) to a diskette or a drive external to the array. That is, maintain copies of these configuration files off site.

4. Specify the configuration file name and click Save.

The Save Configuration window is displayed.

Screen capture of the Save Configuration window showing pertinent details.

5. Type a description of the configuration you are saving and click OK.

The controller configuration information is saved to a .cfg file.

To Create Solaris Host Partitions

When you are satisfied with your storage configuration, you can partition the storage array for the OS.

The following steps are general guidelines. For detailed information, read about creating partitions and file systems in your Sun Solaris OS manual.

1. Label a new LUN by typing:

# format

The format command displays the system disk as well as other drives attached to the array.

Screen capture of the Format command displaying the system disk and other files attached to the array.

A new LUN must be labeled with the format command before it can be set up for use by the array. When the format command is initiated, the LUNs and hard disks that are available for use are displayed.

2. Select the device to be used.

Label the device if prompted.

3. Type the word partition to view the existing partition table.

4. Edit the partition table as necessary and label it if changes are made.

5. Create file systems on the partitions using the newfs command.

6. Mount the file systems by using the mount command or by editing /etc/vfstab and using the mountall command.

To Create Windows NT Host Partitions

Before starting this section, you need to restart the computer so that Windows NT recognizes the new storage capacity. The following steps are general guidelines; for detailed information, refer to your Windows NT documentation.

Note - This step cannot be done remotely. It must be performed at the server.

1. Choose Start right arrow Programs Administrative Tools Disk Administrator.

2. Select Yes in each of the Disk Administrator message boxes.

3. Select the logical drive by moving the cursor to the horizontal bar, and clicking the left mouse button.

4. Choose Disk Administrator Partition right arrow Create.

A prompt window is displayed, inquiring whether you want to create a partition that has a default capacity of the entire logical drive.

5. If you want to create multiple partitions on a logical drive, enter the desired partition size.

Repeat this step until all the logical drive capacities are used.

6. Choose Disk Administrator Partition right arrow Commit Changes Now.

This function enables you to format and use the logical drive without restarting the Windows NT OS.

7. Select the newly created logical drive partition.

8. Choose Disk Administrator Tools right arrow Format. Select the NTFS (NT File System) format.

Repeat Steps 7 and 8 to format each partition you created on the logical drive.

9. When formatting is complete, close the Disk Administrator.

To Create Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Host Partitions

The following steps are general guidelines; for detailed information, refer to your Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 documentation.

1. For Windows 2000, choose Start right arrow Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management Disk Management.

For Windows 2003, choose Start right arrow Administrative Tools Computer Management Disk Management.

Make sure you can see the new drives marked by the disk icon under Disk Management.

2. Right-click the disk for which you want to write a signature, and select Write Signature.

Screen capture of Disk Management showing where to click to create a signature for a disk.

3. Select the disk for which you want to create a partition, and click OK.

4. Right-click the drive (where the drive capacity is shown), and select Create Partition.

Screen capture of Disk Management showing where to click to create a partition.

5. Respond appropriately to the partition wizard prompts.

To IBM AIX Host Logical Volumes

When you are satisfied with your storage configuration, you need to create at least one logical volume on the server.

The following steps are general guidelines. For detailed information, read about creating logical volumes in your AIX OS manual.

1. Determine that the drives are being recognized by the host by typing:

# lspv

Ensure that the disks have been assigned a PVID (physical volume identifier). This information displays in the second column. If no PVID is assigned, the column displays "None."

2. If no PVID is assigned, open smitty and choose Devices right arrow Fixed Disks Change /Show Characteristics Assign Physical Volume Identifier.

3. In smitty, create a volume group.

Choose System Storage Management right arrow Logical Volume Manager Volume Groups Add a Volume Group.

4. In smitty, create a file system.

Choose System Storage Management right arrow File Systems Add/Change/Show/Delete File Systems.

5. Mount the logical volume.

To Create HP-UX Host Logical Volumes

When you are satisfied with your storage configuration, you need to create at least one logical volume on the server.

The following steps are general guidelines. For detailed information, read about creating logical volumes in your HP-UX OS manual.

1. Determine that the drives are being recognized by the host by typing:

# ioscan -fnC disk

2. Start a System Administration Manager (sam) session.

3. Choose Disks and File Systems right arrow Volume Groups.

4. From the Actions menu at the top of the window, click Create.

5. In the Create New Volume Group Name window, click Select New Volume Group Name, type a name for the New Volume Group, and click OK.

6. In the Create New Volume Group window, click Select Disk(s), select the drive(s) that are going to be in the Volume Group, and click OK.

7. In the Create New Volume Group window, click Define New Logical Volume(s).

a. In the LV name field, type a name for the logical volume.

b. Using the value displayed in the Approx Free Mbytes field, which specifies Mbytes left in the volume group, determine the size of the new logical volume.

Although you can create multiple logical volumes, you must create at least one. If you are creating one logical volume with the full capacity of the volume group, type the number displayed in the Approx Free Mbytes field. If you are creating multiple logical volumes, specify the size of each and type the size of the first logical volume.

c. In the Mount Directory field, type the directory where you want to mount the logical volume, and click Add.

d. To add more logical volumes, repeat Steps a-c.

e. When you have finished adding logical volumes, click OK.

8. In the Create New Volume Group window, click OK.

9. When you have finished creating logical volumes, close the Disk and File System window and close sam.

What to Do Next

Sun StorEdge Configuration Service (console and agent) is now installed, set up, and ready to use. See the following chapters for additional tasks:

Monitoring the Array, for information about how to use Sun StorEdge Configuration Service to monitor storage devices.

Maintaining the Array, for information about maintaining the array. It includes detailed information about parity checking, scheduling parity checks, rebuilding failed drives, and restoring a configuration from a backup file.

Updating the Configuration, when you want to update the configuration of the storage array. It also covers changing controller features, making or changing a standby drive, and editing the information for available servers.