Configuring resources
Procedure
- Add a SAN manager to the appliance to manage SAN storage.
- Create networks. Use Ethernet networks for data and Fibre Channel (FC) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) networks for storage.
- Create network sets.
- Add storage systems and storage pools to the appliance.
- Create volume templates.
- Create volumes and add existing volumes.
- Create logical switch groups.
- Create logical switches.
- Create one or more logical interconnect groups to define the connections between your networks and interconnect uplink ports.
- Create an enclosure group to define and maintain consistent configurations and to be able to detect and manage devices such as interconnects and server hardware in your enclosures.
- Add enclosures.
- Add power devices and power connections
- Add unmanaged devices.
- Add racks and configure the rack layout.
- Add a data center.
- Create a logical enclosure to define a set of enclosures to which to apply an enclosure group.
- Manually configure unmanaged interconnects.
- Create server profile templates.
- Create server profiles to define common configurations for your server hardware.
- Configure SNMP trap forwarding.
- Configure scopes.
- Configure alert notifications to arrive in email.