This section details the software settings that are essential for using a new GS storage system.

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Storage Initialization

Follow the Initial Setup Wizard in EonOne to quickly complete all the required settings. The Wizard also guides you to enable the scale-out feature on a new appliance.

Block-level Settings

Create Pools

After creating two disk pools in the Initial Setup Wizard, you can create more disk pools on your GS for different purposes.

Create Volumes

After creating volumes in the Initial Setup Wizard, you can create more block-level volumes on your GS for different purposes.

Mapping a Volume to a Host

This section outlines the process of mapping a block-level volume to a host.

File-level Settings

Create Pools

After creating two pools in the Initial Setup Wizard, you can create more pools on your GS for different purposes.

Create Volumes

After creating volumes in the Initial Setup Wizard, you can create more volumes on your GS for different purposes.

Create Shared Folders in EonOne

Create shared folders in EonOne for file sharing.

Create Users and User Groups

Create local users and user groups, by creating local users or fetching AD/LDAP domain users.

Set up Folder Access Permission

Set up folder access permission by user or user group.

Access Shared Folders from a Client (without Scale-out)

Access shared folders on the GS from Windows or macOS clients.