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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).

NOTE:

When you create a Compatible FlashCopy SE volume, if you select the pool

and open the View LDEV IDs window, the window looks different depending on whether
the selected pool ID is an odd number or an even number. If the selected pool ID is an
odd number, all the LDEV IDs belonging to the CU whose ID is an even number are
unavailable. If the selected pool ID is an even number, all the LDEV IDs belonging to the
CU whose ID is an odd number are unavailable.

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.

If you assign a specific processor blade, select the ID of the processor blade.

If you can assign any processor blade, click Auto.

16. If you are creating one more system disks, select Create LDEVs as System Disk.
17. Click Add.

The created LDEVs are added to the Selected LDEVs table.

The Provisioning Type, System Type, Emulation Type, Parity Group Selection, LDEV Capacity,
and Number of LDEVs per Free Space or the Number of LDEVs per External Volume fields must
be set. If these required items are not registered, you cannot click Add.

18. If necessary, change the following LDEV settings:

Click Edit SSIDs to open the SSIDs window. If a new LDEV is to be created in the CU, you
can change the SSID to be allocated to the LDEV. For details about how to edit an SSID,
see

“Editing an LDEV SSID ” (page 44)

.

Click Change LDEV Settings to open the Change LDEV Settings window. For details about
how to change the LDEV settings, see

“Changing LDEV settings” (page 44)

.

19. If necessary, delete an LDEV from the Selected LDEVs table.

Select an LDEV to delete, and then click Remove. For details about how to remove an LDEV,
see

“Removing an LDEV to be registered” (page 45)

.

20. Click Finish.

The Confirm window opens.

21. In the Confirm window, confirm the settings, in Task Name type a unique name for this task

or accept the default, and then click Apply.

If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.

Create LDEV function

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