Initializing the Storage Pool

This step must be performed. Before performing this step, it is recommended to read Best Practices for Configuring RAID Arrays and Storage Pools and Designating Disks as Global Hot Spares.

To create a new storage pool

In the command line, enter the following command:

format

A list of all installed disks appears.

Tip

You can identify the SSD as follows: Display a list of disks, by running the format command. Then display information for each disk where the path starts with "/pci".
To display information for the initial disk, you can simply enter the disk's number. For subsequent disks, enter the command disk diskNum, where diskNum is the disk's number.
The PCI disk that is not part of the system pool is the SSD.

Configure the SSD, as described in Initializing the SSD Acceleration, step 2.
Create the CTERA storage pool, by doing the following:
1. Enter the following command:
  ctera-storage-util.sh create_storage [raidType] disk0 disk2... disk11 [log SSDpart1] [cache SSDpart2] [spare sparedisk1 sparedisk2 …]
  
  For information on the command's parameters, see Storage Utility Parameters.
  
  For example:
  
  ctera-storage-util.sh create_storage raidz2 c1t2d0 c1t3d0 c1t4d0 c1t5d0 log c1t7d0p1 cache c1t7d0p2 spare c1t8d0
2. View the disks that are used by CTERA Portal, by entering the following command:
  ctera-storage-util.sh status
  
  The pool called "cterapool" should include all of the disks you specified in the previous step.
  
  The storage pool is now initialized. For the master server, proceed with Configuring the CTERA Portal Master Server. For a secondary server, proceed with Configuring CTERA Portal Secondary Servers.

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Storage Utility Parameters

In this field...	Do this...
raidType	The RAID array type. This can be any of the following: `raidz` `raidz2` `raidz3` `mirror` For information on these RAID array types, see Best Practices for Configuring RAID Arrays and Storage Pools. This parameter is optional. If the RAID array type is not specified, no redundancy is used. Tip: Omit the RAID array type, if redundancy is already handled by underlying hardware (for example, when using an external SAN device for storage).
disk0 disk2... disk11	The device names of disks to add. For example, c1t2d0. To see the list of disks, type the command: format
SSDpart1 and SSDpart2	The cache and log partitions on the SSD, in the format `<diskName><partitionNumber>`. For example, if the disk name is c1t7d0 and the partition is p2, then type c1t7d0p2. These parameters are optional and relevant for the P1200 only.
sparedisk1 sparedisk2…	Spare disks track of available hot spares for a pool. These disks are not actively used in the pool, but when an active device fails, it is automatically replaced by a hot spare. These parameters are optional.