HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array Reference Guide (481599-003, August 2008)

70 HP StorageWorks 2000 Family Modular Smart Array reference guide • August 2008

13. Click Create Virtual Disk.

The system creates the virtual disk and shows the next page in the process.

■ If you accepted the default volume options, the final page shows the progress of

virtual disk initialization. Proceed to “Virtual Disk Initialization” on page 70.

■ If you changed any of the volume options, an Add Volumes To Virtual Disk page

is displayed showing information based on your selections from the previous

page. Continue with Step 14.

14. If any of the following options are displayed, set them appropriately:

■ Volume Size – Shows the volume size based on evenly-sized volumes. Type the

size you want for each volume in Mbyte. To calculate the total size of the

volumes based on the values you typed, click Calculate The Total Size.

■ Volume LUN ID – Shows the default LUN. Select a LUN that all connected hosts

can use to access the volume. LUNs already in use are not displayed.

■ Volume Name – Shows the default name, which you can edit. If the virtual disk

name has 1–15 characters, the default name is

vdisk-name_Vnumber; for

example, MyVdisk_V1. If the virtual disk name has 16 or 17 characters, the

is omitted. The name is case sensitive and can include 20 characters, but not

comma, quotation mark ("), or backslash.

15. Click Add Volumes.

The final page shows the progress of virtual disk initialization.

Virtual Disk Initialization

The initialization process takes from several minutes to more than an hour

depending on the RAID level (non-RAID and RAID 0 are the fastest), virtual disk

size, drive speed, and other processes running on the system.

If the virtual disk is initializing online, you can start using it immediately. If the

virtual disk is initializing offline, you must wait for initialization to complete before

using the virtual disk.

If you must change the virtual disk's configuration or use of disk drives before

initialization is complete, you can stop initialization. If you stop initialization, the

virtual disk goes offline and any data it contains is not accessible. You must delete

the virtual disk before you can use the drives in another virtual disk.