Before you begin
You must be logged on as an administrator.
Step 1. To discover the storage, run the following command from a Windows command prompt. #
# eecch
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o
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n || d
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Step 2. To verify the addition of new storage, run the following command. #
# eecch
ho
o lliisstt d
diisskk || d
diisskkp
paarrtt
Configure storage on the host
A new LUN is offline and has no partition or file system when a Windows host first discovers it. You must
bring the volume online and initialize it in Windows. Optionally, you can format the LUN with a file system.
The host must have discovered the LUN.
You can initialize the disk as a basic disk with a GPT or MBR partition table. Typically, you format the LUN
with a file system such as New Technology File System (NTFS).
Step 1. From a Windows command prompt, enter the d
diisskkp
paarrtt context.
> diskpart
Step 2. View the list of available disks.
> list disk
Step 3. Select the disk to bring online.
> select disk 1
Step 4. Bring the disk online.
> online disk
Step 5. Create a partition.
> create partition primary
Note:
In Windows Server 2008 and later, you are prompted immediately after creating the partition
to format the disk and give it a name. Select
Cancel
on the prompt to continue using these
instructions for formatting and naming the partition.
Step 6. Assign a drive letter.
> assign letter=f
Step 7. Format the disk.
> format FS=NTFS LABEL=”New Volume” QUICK
Step 8. Exit the d
diisskkp
paarrtt context.
> exit
Verify storage access on the host
Before using the volume, you verify that the host can write data to the LUN and read it back.
Before you begin
You must have initialized the LUN and formatted it with a file system.
Step 1. Create and write to a file on the new LUN.
> echo test file > f:\test.txt
Step 2. Read the file and verify data was written.
> type f:\test.txt
Step 3. To verify that multipath is working, change the volume ownership.
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