View file systems
Network-attached storage is a file-level storage architecture that makes stored data more accessible to networked devices.
About this task
A file system is created for NFS exports.
See Understanding PowerMax File for storage systems for an overview of PowerMax File.
Click
in the top right corner to see a
Initial Configuration
window that outlines the configuration sequence. An overview of thsi configuration sequence is provided in
Understanding PowerMax File for storage systems.
Steps
- Select the
FILE SYSTEMS tab.
The following properties display:
- Name—File system name
- NAS Server—Identity of the NAS Server on which the file system is mounted.
- Type—File system type (general NAS file system or VMware file system)
- Used Capacity (GB)—Used capacity (GB)
- Total Capacity (GB)—Total capacity (GB)
- Replication Mode—Replication mode (Local or remote)
- Health—Indicator of file system health
The following controls are available:- —view full list of file system properties (see
View file system details).
- Create— Create file systems
- Modify— Modify file systems
— Delete file systems- Attach— Attach snapshot policies to file system
- Detach — Detach snapshot policies from file system
- Clone— Clone file systems
- Refresh—Refresh content of tree and user quotas