1. | Set up the Fibre Channel network. |
2. | Set up the Ethernet network. |
3. | Set up SAN users and groups. |
4. | Set up RAID arrays. |
5. | Install Xsan software on all SAN computers (servers and clients). |
6. | Shut down all components. Power up (in this order) switches, storage, servers, and clients. |
7. | Log in to the SAN. |
8. | Choose a controller and add clients. |
9. | Label and initialize available LUNs. |
10. | Create volumes. |
11. | Add storage pools to volumes. |
12. | Add LUNs to storage pools. |
13. | Set up status notifications (optional). |
14. | Assign folders to storage pools (optional). |
15. | Set user and group quotas (optional). |
16. | Start the volumes and mount them on clients. |