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Chapter 2: System Setup and Configuration

Violin 6000 Series Memory Array Installation Guide

535-0045-00 Rev 02

3. At the command prompt, type enable and then configure terminal:

4. Verify that the Array is visible to the Gateways by running the following command:

5. Initialize the Memory Array (i.e., create a container) by running the following command:

media init device <device> type block

Where <device> can be determined by pressing the Tab key to auto-complete based on

available devices. It should be something of the form:

ata-VIOLIN_MEMORY_ARRAY_*.

You can also create a custom name for the container as part of the media init command by

providing the option name <custom name>.

6. Enable the Memory Array using the following command: media block id all enable

7. Verify that the Memory Array is shown as enabled and recognized by running the show

media all command.

You should see both a Media ID and a Model entry for the Memory Array. Additionally, the size

should indicate the size of the array (~8TB in this example) and the status should be online,

as shown in this example.

8. Save the modified configuration using the write mem command.

violin-mg-a [violin: master] > enable

violin-mg-a [violin: master] # configure terminal█

violin-mg-a [violin-vmg: master] (config) # show media all

Location Media ID Model Size Status

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Boot Disk --- --- 74.53G online

PCI 1 --- --- 8016.00G unknown

PCI 2 --- --- --- ---

PCI 3 --- --- --- ---

PCI 4 41312F00917 VIOLIN_MEMORY_ARRAY 1024.00M unknown