What are the limitations of the Express Configuration wizard?

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It is easier to configure your storage using the Express Configuration wizard than the custom configuration, but the wizard has these limitations:

• There is no way to reserve storage or set a threshold.
• Volumes are named automatically and must be uniform with the same type and size.
• Only 4-disk arrays and ranks can be created (often not the most space-efficient configuration).
• All volumes will be assigned to one volume group, and only one host can be mapped to that volume group from within the Express Configuration wizard.
• The DS6000 I/O ports through which the host will access the volume group are automatically assigned.
• Two balanced extent pools are created during an iteration, splitting the storage evenly across servers. It will automatically assign names of server0 and server1 to the extent pools.
• The Express Configuration wizard automatically assigns array sites.

You can use the Configuration Advisor to determine which method is right for you.

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