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Planning Storage Solutions

Planning Storage Solutions. Lesson 6. Skills Matrix. Using RAID. RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 3 RAID 4 RAID 5 RAID 6. Lesson 6. Selecting a Partition Style. MBR: Master boot record GPT: GUID partition table. Lesson 6. Understanding Volume Types. Simple Spanned Striped Mirrored RAID-5.

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Planning Storage Solutions

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  1. Planning Storage Solutions Lesson 6

  2. Skills Matrix

  3. Using RAID • RAID 0 • RAID 1 • RAID 3 • RAID 4 • RAID 5 • RAID 6 Lesson 6

  4. Selecting a Partition Style • MBR: Master boot record • GPT: GUID partition table Lesson 6

  5. Understanding Volume Types • Simple • Spanned • Striped • Mirrored • RAID-5 Lesson 6

  6. Adding a New Disk • Open the Disk Management snap-in. • If the disk does not have a disk signature, the console automatically opens the Initialize Disk dialog box. Lesson 6

  7. Adding a New Disk (cont.) • In the Select Disk box, verify that the checkbox for the new disk is selected. • For the Use the following partition style for the selected disks option, select either MBR (Master Boot Record) or GPT (GUID Partition Table), and click OK. Lesson 6

  8. Converting a Basic Disk to a Dynamic Disk • Open the Disk Management snap-in, if necessary. • In the Disk List view, right-click the basic disk that you want to convert and then, from the context menu, select Convert to Dynamic Disk. • Select the checkbox(es) for the disk(s) you want to convert, and then click OK. Lesson 6

  9. Converting a Basic Disk to a Dynamic Disk (cont.) • The Disks to Convert dialog box lists the disks you chose for conversion for your confirmation. • Check the value in the Will Convert column. It should be set to Yes for each of the disks that you are converting. • If any of the disks have the value No, then they may not meet Windows conversion criteria. • Click Details. Lesson 6

  10. Converting a Basic Disk to a Dynamic Disk (cont.) • Click OK when you are ready to continue with the conversion. • On the Disks to Convert dialog box, click Convert to start the conversion. • If a selected drive contains the boot partition, the system partition, or a partition that is in use, Disk Management prompts you to restart the computer. Lesson 6

  11. Creating a New Simple Volume • Open the Disk Management snap-in, if necessary. • In the Graphical View, right-click an unallocated area in the volume status column for the disk on which you want to create a volume and, from the context menu, select New Simple Volume. • Click Next to bypass the Welcome page. Lesson 6

  12. Creating a New Simple Volume (cont.) • Select the size for the new partition or volume within the maximum and minimum limits stated on the page by using the Simple volume size in MB spin box, and then click Next. • Configure one of the listed three options. • Click Next. Lesson 6

  13. Creating a New Simple Volume (cont.) • Specify whether the wizard should format the volume and, if so, how. • If you do not want to format the volume at this time, select the Do not format this volume option. • If you do want to format the volume, select the Format this volume with the following settings option. Lesson 6

  14. Creating a New Simple Volume (cont.) • Click Next. • Review the settings to confirm your options, and then click Finish. Lesson 6

  15. Creating a Striped, Spanned, Mirrored, or RAID-5 Volume • Open the Disk Management snap-in, if necessary. • In the Graphical View, right-click an unallocated area on a dynamic disk and then, from the context menu, select the command for the type of volume you want to create. • Click Next to bypass the Welcome page. Lesson 6

  16. Creating a Striped, Spanned, Mirrored, or RAID-5 Volume (cont.) • On the Select Disks page, select the disks you want to use for the new volume from the Available list box, and then click Add. • Using the Select the amount of space in MB spin box, specify the amount of space you want to use on each disk. • Click Next. Lesson 6

  17. Creating a Striped, Spanned, Mirrored, or RAID-5 Volume (cont.) • Specify whether you want to assign a drive letter or path, and then click Next. • Specify whether or how you want to format the volume, and then click Next. • Review the settings to confirm your options, and then click Finish. • Click Yes. Lesson 6

  18. Installing iSNS Server • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > Server Manager. • Right-click the Features node and, from the context menu, select Add Features. • Select the Internet Storage Name Server feature, and click Next. Lesson 6

  19. Installing iSNS Server (cont.) • Click Install. • Click Close. Lesson 6

  20. Using iSCSI Initiator • Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > iSCSI Initiator. • Click the Discovery tab. • To use an iSNS server to discover the targets on the network, click Add. Lesson 6

  21. Using iSCSI Initiator (cont.) • In the IP address or DNS name of server text box, key the name or address of the iSNS server on your SAN. • Click OK. • To connect to a specific target using a target portal, click Add Portal. Lesson 6

  22. Using iSCSI Initiator (cont.) • In the IP address or DNS name text box, key the name or address of the storage device containing the target to which you want to connect. • Leave the Port value set to the default of 3260 unless you changed the port number on your target device. • Click OK. Lesson 6

  23. Using iSCSI Initiator (cont.) • Click the Targets tab. • Select one of the available targets, and click Log on. • Configure the listed options, if desired. • Click OK. Lesson 6

  24. You Learned • Windows Server 2008 supports two hard disk partition types: MBR and GPT; two disk types: basic and dynamic; five volume types: simple, striped, spanned, mirrored, and RAID-5; and two file systems: NTFS and FAT. • The Disk Management snap-in is the primary interface you use to initialize, partition, and format disks. Lesson 6

  25. You Learned (cont.) • A storage area network (SAN) is a network dedicated solely to high-speed connections between servers and storage devices. • Fibre Channel is a high-speed serial networking technology that was originally designed for use with supercomputers but is now associated primarily with storage area networking. Lesson 6

  26. You Learned (cont.) • iSCSI is an alternative storage area networking technology that enables servers and storage devices to exchange SCSI traffic using a standard IP network instead of a dedicated Fibre Channel network. Lesson 6

  27. You Learned (cont.) • An iSCSI initiator is a hardware or software device running on a computer that accesses the storage devices on the SAN. The other half of the iSCSI equation is the iSCSI target, which receives SCSI commands from the initiator and passes them to a storage device, represented by a logical unit number (LUN). Lesson 6

  28. You Learned (cont.) • The Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) registers the presence of initiators and targets on a SAN and responds to queries from iSNS clients. • Storage Manager for SANs can manage only storage devices that include support for the Microsoft Virtual Disk Service. The storage device manufacturer must supply a software component called a VDS hardware provider, which you install on the computer, that will manage the device. Lesson 6

  29. You Learned (cont.) • Storage Explorer is an MMC console that provides information about SAN resources and enables administrators to perform a variety of management tasks. Lesson 6

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