HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual
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7.
In LDEV Capacity, type the amount of LDEV capacity to be created and select a capacity unit
from the list.
You can enter the capacity within the range of figures displayed below the text box. You can
enter the number with 2 digits after decimal point. You can change the capacity unit from the
list.
8.
In Number of LDEVs, type the number of LDEVs to be created.
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For an internal volume, Number of LDEVs per Free Space appears.
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For an external volume, Number of LDEVs per External Volume appears.
9.
In LDEV Name, specify a name for this LDEV.
1.
In Prefix, type the characters that will become the fixed characters for the beginning of
the LDEV name. The characters are case-sensitive.
2.
In Initial Number, type the initial number that will follow the prefix name.
10. In Format Type, select the format type for the LDEV from the list.
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For an internal volume, you can select Normal Format, Quick Format, or No Format.
If No Format is selected, format the volume after creating LDEVs.
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For an external volume, if you create the LDEV whose emulation type is the open system,
you can select Normal Format or No Format.
If the external volume can be used as it is, select No Format. The created LDEV can be
used without formatting.
If the external volume needs to be formatted, select No Format and then format the volume
with the external storage system, or select Normal Format.
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If you select Quick Format, host I/Os might be affected when you perform the Quick
Format operation. For details, see
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11. Click Options to show more options.
12. In Initial LDEV ID, make sure that an LDEV ID is set. To confirm the used number and unavailable
number, click View LDEV IDs to open the View LDEV IDs window.
1.
In Initial LDEV ID in the Create LDEVs window, click View LDEV IDs.
In the View LDEV IDs window, the matrix vertical scale represents the second-to-last digit
of the LDEV number, and the horizontal scale represents the last digit of the LDEV number.
The LDEV IDs table shows the available, used, and disabled LDEV IDs.
In the table, used LDEV numbers appear in blue, unavailable numbers appear in gray,
and unused numbers appear in white. LDEV numbers that are unavailable may be already
in use, or already assigned to another emulation group (group by 32 LDEV numbers).
2.
Click Close.
13. In the Create LDEVs window, in SSID, type four digits, in hexadecimal format (0004 to FEFF),
for the SSID.
14. To confirm the created SSID, click View SSIDs to open the View SSIDs dialog box.
1.
In the Create LDEVs window, in Initial SSID, click View SSIDs.
In the SSIDs window, the SSIDs table shows the used SSIDs.
2.
Click Close.
15. In the Create LDEVs window, from the Processor Blade list, select a processor blade to be used
by the LDEVs.
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If you assign a specific processor blade, select the ID of the processor blade.
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If you can assign any processor blade, click Auto.
16. If you are creating one more system disks, select Create LDEVs as System Disk.
Create LDEV function
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