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Creating a Storage Virtual machine

A Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) is the basic building of. It is used to assign volume ownerships, configure replication or even assign access control lists.

About this task

  • Storage Virtual Machines can host either file, block or object.

  • If you create a Storage Virtual Machine hosting file based services, you will then use the Volume creation wizard. If you create a Storage Virtual Machine hosting block based services, you will use the LUN creation wizard.

Note
In the case of the LUN creation, a volume will be created automatically for serving the LUNs.
  1. Click Storage > Storage VMs.
  2. Click the +Add button to add a Storage Virtual Machine.
  3. Specify the name of the Storage Virtual Machine.
  4. Click the tabs below for select the access protocol you wish to use.

    • SMB/CIFS, NFS, S3

    • iSCSI

    • FC

    • NVMe/FC

    If you want to...Then...
    Enable CIFS protocol by configuring the CIFS server using an Active Directory

    1. Select the Active Directory box.

    2. Enter the Active Directory administrator name.

    3. Enter the Active Directory administrator password.

    4. Enter a name for the CIFS server.

    5. Enter a name for the Active Directory domain.

    6. Depending on your requirements, select the One data LIF on this SVM or One data LIF per node on this SVM box.

    7. Provide data LIF details, such as IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and port.

    8. Provide DNS details.

    Enable CIFS protocol by configuring the CIFS server using a workgroup

    1. Select the Workgroup box.

    2. Enter a name for the workgroup.

    3. Enter a name for the CIFS server.

    4. Depending on your requirements, select the One data LIF on this SVM or One data LIF per node on this SVM check box.

    5. Provide data LIF details, such as IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and port.

    Enable NFS protocol

    1. Select the NFS box.

    2. Depending on your requirements, select the One data LIF on this SVM or One data LIF per node on this SVM check box.

    3. Provide data LIF details, such as IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and port.

    Enable iSCSI protocol

    1. Select the iSCSI box.

    2. Provide data LIF details, such as IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and port.

  5. Click on Save to create the new Storage Virtual machine.