Creating parity groups or hot spares, advanced method

Ops Center Administrator User Guide
Version
11.0.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99ADM001-22

The advanced option enables users to configure parity groups that are not based on the provided best practices.

You can fully configure the RAID layout of the parity group by selecting the specific disks and hot spares to assign for parity group creation.

Note: You cannot use Ops Center Administrator to create parity groups on the following storage systems.
  • VSP 5000 series
  • VSP G1x00, F1500
An authorized service representative must create these parity groups outside of Ops Center Administrator.
  1. On the dashboard, click the Storage Systems (Storage systems) icon, then click a storage system ID link.
  2. Click Parity Groups to open the Parity Groups window, then click the plus sign (+) to open the Create Parity Groups window.
  3. Click Advanced.

    Create Parity Groups - Advanced

  4. Select a RAID Type and a RAID Layout.
    RAID Type RAID Layout
    RAID5 3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P, 7D+1P
    RAID6 6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D+2P
    RAID1+0 2D+2D
  5. (Optional) To use encryption, go to Encryption option and click ON.
    Prerequisites for enabling encryption:
    • Storage system must have an Encryption Disk Board.
    • Encryption License Key must be installed.
    • Key Management Server must be configured on the SVP.
    Note: You cannot disable Encryption in Ops Center Administrator.
  6. Choose available disks. Select enough disks to match the RAID Layout.
    Note: FMD HDE drives with encryption disabled can be added to parity groups but the capacity cannot be used in pools.
  7. Click Submit.
A job is started to create the parity group for the storage system.
  • Click the Monitoring tab and select Jobs in the side menu to verify the parity group creation status.
    Note: Parity group creation might take time.
  • Create a pool.