Introduction

Organization of This Guide

This document describes how to configure and manage basic storage services using the graphical user interface (GUI). It is organized into the following major parts:

• Basic storage service overview

  Describes basic concepts, application scenarios, and working principles of storage systems.

• Planning basic storage services

  Describes how to plan storage resources, networks, and users.

• Configuring basic storage services

  Describes how to configure storage resources, including disk domains, storage pools, and LUNs, and how to create mapping views so that hosts can use the storage space provided by storage systems.

• Managing basic storage services

  Describes how to manage basic storage services through DeviceManager.

• Configuring VM services

  Describes how to configure VM services so that VMs can use the storage space provided by storage systems.

• Managing VM services

  Describes the management operations related to the VM services.

Related Documentation

Refer to the following documents when performing certain basic configurations and subsequent operations. Reading the following guides will also help you better understand the storage system:

• Installation guide

  Refer to the guide specific to your product when initializing a storage system.

• Administrator guide

  Refer to the guide specific to your product when planning user roles and permissions.

• Huawei SAN Storage Host Connectivity Guide for XXX

  XXX represents a specific operating system, for example, Windows.

  Refer to the guide specific to your product for details on network planning and how to configure host connectivity.

• Command reference

  Refer to the guide specific to your product if you want to configure storage services using the command-line interface (CLI).

• Capacity expansion guide

  Refer to the guide specific to your product if you need to expand the capacity on the storage system.

• You can log in to Huawei's technical support website (https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/) and enter the product model + document name in the search box to search for, browse, and download a document.
• You can use the same method to search for and download other Huawei documents referenced in this document.

Tips

• You can click in the upper right corner on DeviceManager to view online help for the details about each step and operation.
• GUIs may vary with product versions and models. The actual GUIs prevail.