OpenFiler as NAS(CIFS, NFS) & SAN(iSCSI, FC)

Link: http://www.openfiler.com/learn/how-to/graphical-installation/

Creating a partition and volume.

[root@open ~]# parted /dev/sda
GNU Parted 1.8.8
Using /dev/sda
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) unit cyl
(parted) mkpart
Partition type? primary/extended? primary
File system type? [ext2]? ext3
Start? 1214
End? 8924
(parted) print
Model: IBM-ESXS ST373207LW FN (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 8924cyl
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
BIOS cylinder,head,sector geometry: 8924,255,63. Each cylinder is 8225kB.
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 0cyl 37cyl 37cyl primary ext3 boot
2 38cyl 1081cyl 1044cyl primary ext3
3 1082cyl 1212cyl 131cyl primary linux-swap
4 1214cyl 8923cyl 7710cyl primary

(parted) set 4 LVM
New state? [on]/off?
(parted) q
[root@open ~]#pvcreate /dev/sda4
Physical volume "/dev/sda4" successfully created