Step 6: Virtualize Storage Within Your Network; Exporting Storage To Your Network - Cisco Linksys Business Series Network Storage System NSS4000 Getting Started Manual

Step 6: Virtualize Storage within your Network

The NSS virtualization feature lets you create storage physically located on other network NSS units
into one logical storage unit. The recommended network configuration for using virtualization is to
use an NSS6000 series to operate as the "master" storage device (the "slave" devices can either be
NSS6000 series, NSS4000 series, or NSS2000 series devices). This configuration setup means that
you can export storage (must be an unused disk drive or configured array) from a slave NSS and
then import the storage into the master NSS. The supported RAID level for virtualized storage is
JBOD (although the JBOD can consist of concatenated exported arrays).
NOTE: After you configure a virtual RAID, you cannot
migrate the disks used for that RAID to another NSS. You
also cannot export storage from a device that uses
imported storage.

Exporting Storage to your Network

To export storage to the network:
1. Log into the configuration interface for the device from which you are exporting storage.
2. From the Manager Menu, click Storage
Chapter 3: Configuring the Network Storage System
(NSS)
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