HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 26)

If Smart Tiers is used, shared memory for Thin Provisioning and Smart Tiers is necessary. At least
24 GB of shared memory consisting of two sections is required. The memory capacity allocated
to each part is as follows:
•
Basic part: 8 GB
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Thin Provisioning: 8 GB
•
Smart Tiers: 8 GB
The required shared memory is installed by your HP representative.
Overall provisioning workflow
Following is the overall workflow for setting up and provisioning volumes on the P9500 storage
system.
1. Configure resource groups
2. Create the volume and provision it (fixed, variable sized, expanded LU, thin provisioning)
3. Configure access attributes
4. Configure ports, hosts, LU paths
26 Introduction to provisioning