Working with a stripe set of volume sets, Working with a stripe set of volume sets 8-6 – HP NetRAID-4M Controller User Manual

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8-6

Command Line Interface User’s Guide

For information on how to display the NetWare console remotely on
the NT client running FAST, see the Flexible Array Storage Tool User’s
Guide
.

Understanding a Stripe Set of Mirror Set Creation in a UNIX
Environment

On UNIX systems, the message displayed after you execute the

container create mstripe

command includes the root special

file associated with the newly created multi-level stripe set.

Use the

container list

command to display the root special file

associated with the stripe set of mirror sets. See Displaying A Root
Special File (UNIX Only)
for more information on the root special file.

Understanding Some Tasks to Perform After Creating a Stripe Set of
Mirror Sets

After you create a stripe set of mirror sets, you can:

Add a file system. See Chapter 9, Modifying Containers, for a
description of how to add a file system.

Assign a drive letter. See Chapter 6, Working with Container
Attributes
, for a description of how to assign a drive letter.

Working with a Stripe Set of Volume Sets

A stripe set of volume sets is a multi-level container made up of a
top-level stripe set and two or more underlying volume sets of equal
size. See the Flexible Array Storage Tool User’s Guide for a description
of stripe sets and other container concepts.

To work with a stripe set of volume sets, you must understand:

The stripe set of volume set attributes you can specify

How to create a stripe set of volume sets

Stripe set of volume set creation in a NetWare environment

Stripe set of volume set creation in a UNIX environment

Some tasks to perform after creating a stripe set of volume sets

The following sections discuss each of these topics.

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