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

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

Adding a Volume

You must have free space in a virtual disk before you can add a volume. You can

create free space by deleting a volume (see “Deleting a Volume” on page 93) or by

expanding the virtual disk (see “Expanding Virtual Disk Capacity” on page 74). You

can add volumes to a virtual disk until you use all of the free space.

To add a volume:

1. Select Manage > Volume Management > Volume Menu > Add Volume.

For each virtual disk, the virtual disk panel shows a status icon; the name, RAID

level, size, number of disk drives, and number of volumes; and utility status, if any.

2. Select a virtual disk.

The selected virtual disk’s volume names, sizes, and types are displayed, and the

amount of free space.

3. Type a size in increments of 1 Mbyte for the new volume.

4. (Optional) Edit the default name for the new volume.

If the virtual disk name has 1–15 characters, the default 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.

5. (Optional) Change the LUN setting.

■ NONE – The volume is not accessible by connected hosts. This setting is the

default. You can map the volume to hosts later; see “Managing Volume

Mappings” on page 99.

■ 0–maximum (FC and iSCSI) or 1–maximum (SAS only) – Specifies the LUN that

all connected hosts can use to access the volume. LUNs already in use are not

displayed.

6. Click Add Volume.

When processing is complete, the new volume is displayed in the Volume Menu

panel.