Workflow for setting up external volumes

You must complete all planning and preparation tasks before setting up Universal Volume Manager.

Before you begin setting up Universal Volume Manager, consult the planning workflow in the Universal Volume Manager User Guide to make sure you have completed all planning tasks.

  1. Set up ports. For details, see Setting up ports .

  2. [Optional] Edit mapping settings before starting the mapping operation. For details, ee External volume policy settings and functions.

    You can also make changes during the mapping operation or accept the default settings.

  3. Map each external volume to an internal volume.

    For details, see Mapping an external volume .

  4. After an external volume is successfully mapped, use LUN Manager to define LU paths to hosts. For details, see the Provisioning Guide.

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