Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F350 Site Preparation Guide

3. At the Language dialog bo
x, click a language, and then click OK.
The selected language will be used in the subsequent screens.
4. At the Array Unit Type dialog box, perform one of the following steps:
■ Click a storage system from the menu.
■ Enter the system's box code, up to 8 alphanumeric characters, or enter the
system's serial unit number and optional name as the box code.
5. Click OK.
The conguration screen appears.
BECK tool configuration screen
The conguration screen consists of Logical and Physical areas:
■
Logical: At the left side, shows logical path information about the storage system. To
activate this area, click any of the elds in the path columns. When the message asks
whether the physical conguration should be initialized, click OK.
■
Physical: At the right side, shows rack information about the storage system. To
activate this area, click any eld in the rack columns. When the message asks whether
the logical conguration should be initialized, click OK.
Only one side, Logical or Physical, can be active at a time. The background of the Logical
or Physical area turns light green to show it is activated.
Creating new configurations
Using the BECK tool, you can create new conguration diagrams automatically or
manually.
Creating a conguration automatically
You can use the BECK tool to create a conguration automatically by entering a drive tray
value.
Procedure
1. In the conguration screen, click Base.
2. At the Number of Drive Box dialog box, change the values shown for the number
of drive trays.
3. Click OK.
Using the entered values, the BECK tool generates logical and physical conguration
gures. Drive trays are added to a path and rack for each storage system in the
following order: FMD, dense intermix drive tray, SFF, and LFF
4. Click Cable Figure.
A cable gure is displayed based on the logical and physical conguration.
Creating a conguration manually
An alternative to creating a conguration automatically is to create a conguration
manually by entering the drive trays in the logical or physical conguration gure.
BECK tool conguration screen
Chapter 1: Installation site considerations
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Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F350 Specifications

General

Brand	Hitachi
Model	Virtual Storage Platform F350
Category	Storage
Language	English