Storage Profiles

This chapter includes the following sections:

Storage Profiles

With Cisco UCS M-Series modular servers, storage is centralized per chassis, and this centralized storage is shared by all servers in the chassis. Storage profiles allow you to do the following:

  • Configure multiple virtual drives and select the physical drives that are used by a virtual drive.

  • Configure the storage capacity of a virtual drive.

  • Configure the number, type and role of disks in a disk group.

  • Associate a storage profile with a service profile.

Creating or Editing a Storage Profile


Note

Storage profiles in Cisco UCS Central release 1.3 are supported only with Cisco UCS M-Series Modular Servers.

    Step 1   In the Task bar, type Create Storage Profile and press Enter.

    This launches the Create Storage Profile dialog box.

    Step 2   In Basic, click Organization and select the location in which you want to create the storage profile.
    Step 3   Enter the Name and optional Description.

    The name is case sensitive.

    Step 4   In Local Luns, do the following:
    1. Click Add to add a new local LUN.
    2. In the Basic tab, enter the size in GB.
    3. In the Disk Group tab, select the Disk Group Configuration Policy.

    You can use the up and down arrows to change the order of the local LUNs.

    Step 5   Click Create.

    Disk Group Configuration Policy

    Servers in a chassis can use storage that is centralized in that chassis. You can select and configure the disks to be used for storage. A logical collection of these physical disks is called a disk group. Disk groups allow you to organize local disks. The storage controller controls the creation and configuration of disk groups.

    A disk group configuration policy defines how a disk group is created and configured. The policy specifies the RAID level to be used for the disk group. It also specifies either a manual or an automatic selection of disks for the disk group, and roles for disks.

    Creating or Editing a Disk Group Configuration Policy

      Step 1   In the Task bar, type Create Disk Group Configuration Policy and press Enter.

      This launches the Create Disk Group Configuration Policy dialog box.

      Step 2   In Basic, click Organization and select the location in which you want to create the disk group configuration policy.
      Step 3   Enter the Name and optional Description.

      The name is case sensitive.

      Step 4   Select the Raid Level.

      This can be one of the following:

      • Platform Default

      • Simple

      • RAID

      • RAID 0 Striped

      • RAID 1 Mirrored

      • RAID 5 Striped Parity

      • RAID 6 Striped Dual Parity

      • RAID 10 Mirrored & Striped

      • RAID 50 Striped Parity & Striped

      • RAID 60 Striped Dual Parity & Striped

      Step 5   In Disk Group, select the Drive Type, type values for the drive information, and choose whether to use the remaining disks.
      Step 6   In Virtual Drive icon, complete the fields as necessary.
      Step 7   Click Create.