Creating a new volume – Dell PowerVault NX300 User Manual

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Using Your NAS System

6 Click File Screening ManagementFile Screens.
7 Either right-click or use Create File Screen option from the right pane.
8 Follow the wizard, select the path (volume or folder in which you want to

create the file screen), select your preferred

File Screen Properties and

click

Create.

The newly-created file screen is displayed in the central pane.

9 Select any of the existing file screens and right-click or use the options in

right-most panes to change the file screen properties.

Creating a New Volume

NOTE:

Backup Operator or Administrator is the minimum membership required to

perform this configuration.

To create a new volume:

1 From your NAS system or remote desktop, open disk management, select

the

Rescan Disks option.

The central pane lists the LUNs of storage located on your NAS system.

NOTE:

The default status for the newly-created LUN in Disk management is

Unknown and Offline.

2 Select the Disk, right-click, and select the Online option.

Now the disk is seen as

Unknown and Not Initialized.

3 Select the Disk, right-click, and select the Initialize Disk option. In the

Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize.
A pop-up window to select the partition style for the selected disks is

displayed with the following options:
• MBR (Master Boot Record)
• GPT (GUID Partition Table)

4 Select a partition style and click OK.

NOTE:

The disk is initialized as a basic disk.

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