HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 212)

Description Item
• External: External volume. See HP P9000 External Storage for Open
and Mainframe Systems User Guide for information about provisioning
an external drive.
•
Snapshot: Snapshot volume. See P9000 Snapshot User Guide for
information about provisioning a SnapShot drive.
Select the system type for this LDEV. System Type
•
Open: Volume for open system.
•
Mainframe: Volume of mainframe.
Select the emulation type for this LDEV. The emulation type might differ
depending on the configuration.
• For open systems, OPEN-V is the default.
Emulation Type
Smart Pool •
Select Enable or Disable of using Smart Tiers.
• Enable: The pool for Smart Tiers is displayed in the Select Pool window.
•
Disable: The pool for Thin Provisioning is displayed in the Select Pool
window.
Select the parity group to which the LDEV is assigned. Parity Group Selection, Pool Selection, or
External Volume Selection
•
Parity Group Selection: Available when you create internal volumes.
•
Pool Selection: Available when creating a THP V-VOL.
•
External Volume Selection: Available when you create external volumes.
Select the drive type and rpm to use on this LDEV. Drive Type/RPM
• Any: All types of data drives and rpms that can be contained in the
system.
•
SSD: Solid-state drive.
•
SAS/RPM: Serial-attached SCSI drive and revolutions per minute.
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SATA/RPM: Serial Advanced Technology Attachment drive and
revolutions per minute.
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External Storage: External storage system. You cannot select a RAID
level if the drive type is External Storage.
• Mixed: The drive type is mixed.
Select the RAID level. If External Storage is selected in Drive Type/RPM,
a hyphen (-) appears. You cannot select a RAID level if the drive type is
External Storage. RAID Level
Opens the Select Free Spaces window. Use this window to view information
about available free space slots in the parity group. Only the free spaces
in the parity groups assigned to the logged-on user are available. Select Free Spaces
Opens the Select Pool window. Use this window to select the pools to use
for the selected provisioning type. Select Pool
Indicates how many free spaces are selected for use for this provisioning
type. Total Selected Free Spaces
Indicates the total capacity, in MB, of the free spaces selected for use for
this provisioning type. Total Selected Free Space Capacity
Name and identifier of the selected pool. Selected Pool Name (ID)
Total capacity of the selected pool. Selected Pool Capacity
Specify the LDEV capacity to create in a free space, a pool, or an external
volume. LDEV Capacity
212 LDEV GUI reference