HP P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide (AV400-96369, October 2011)

DescriptionItem
• Normal Format: Normal formatting. This is the default for an external
volume. This option is available for formatting an internal volume, or
an external volume whose emulation type is OPEN.
• No Format: Volumes will not be formatted. This option is available
when creating an LDEV in an internal or external volume.
Specify the LDEV identifier, which is the combination of LDKC, CU, and
LDEV. LDKC default is 00. Default of CU and DEV is 00:00.
Initial LDEV ID
For creating multiple LDEVs, select the interval of the assigned LDEV ID
from the Interval list.
Opens the View LDEV IDs window.View LDEV IDs
Specify the storage system identifier in hexidecimal format. The default is
0004.
Initial SSID
For creating multiple LDEVs, specify the first number of all.
Opens the View SSIDs window.View SSIDs
Specify the cache logical partition number, in ID:CLPR format.CLPR
For detailed information about CLPRs, see the HP P9000 Cache Partition
User Guide.
Specify the processor blade you want to assign to the LDEV.Processor Blade
Select an identifier from MPB0 to MPB7. If automatic assignment is enabled
for one or more processors, you can also select Auto.
If Auto is enabled, the default is Auto. If Auto is disabled, the default is
the lowest number of the processor blade.
N/ATiering Policy
Check this option when creating an LDEV that will be used as a system
disk. Up to 16 system disks can be created in a storage system, although
using only one is recommended.
Create LDEVs as System Disk
Adds the LDEVs that have settings specified in the setting field is added to
the Selected LDEVs table.
Add
The items that can be set in this window depend on the type of volume you are creating. The
following table lists the items that can be set according to volume type.
External volumeTHP V-VOLInternal volumeItem
RequiredRequiredRequiredProvisioning Type
RequiredRequiredRequiredSystem Type
RequiredRequiredRequiredEmulation Type
N/ADisabledN/ASmart Pool (Inactive)
DisabledRequiredRequiredDrive Type/RPM
DisabledRequiredRequiredRAID Level
RequiredN/ARequiredSelect Free Spaces
N/ARequiredN/ASelect Pool
RequiredRequiredRequiredLDEV Capacity
N/AN/ARequiredNumber of LDEVs per Free Space
N/ARequiredN/ANumber of LDEVs
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