HP 8.20q Fibre Channel Switch - Manual (Page 89)

HP SAN Connection Manager User Guide 89
2. If no specific subsystem is selected and if there is more than one subsystem in the SAN, select from the
subsystem list the MSA subsystem on which you want the logical disk(s) created, and then click Next.
If this is the first logical disk created on the subsystem, the Create Storage Pool dialog box opens
( Figure 57 ); continue with step 3 . If not, the Select Storage Pool for Logical Disk Creation dialog box
opens ( Figure 58 ); continue with step 4 .
3. If the Create Storage Pool dialog box ( Figure 57 ) opens, follow these steps to create a storage pool:
Figure 57 Create Storage Pool dialog box
a. In the Enter a Name for the new Storage Pool box, enter the name of the new storage pool (the
default name is Storage Pool #).
b. Select the check boxes next to one or more Drive Names to be included in the pool, or select the
Select All check box to include all drives in the pool. If you plan to create a logical disk with type
RAID 5 (stripe with parity or fault-tolerant capacity optimized), select at least three drives in the
pool. For RAID 1 (mirrored), select an even number of drives.
By default, if the subsystem has fewer than five drives available for the new pool, all drives are
automatically selected for inclusion in the storage pool. If the subsystem has more than four drives,
the drives are not selected and you must select either all or individual check boxes to include the
drives in the pool.
c. If you want the storage subsystem to select the drives for the new logical disk, select the Do not
create the storage pool... check box near the bottom of the dialog box.
d. To close this dialog box and create the storage pool, click Close.