HP XP7 Storage User Manual
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5.
Click View Physical Location.
6.
In the View Physical Location window, confirm where the selected free space is physically
located, and then click Close.
7.
In the Select Free Spaces window, if the selected free spaces have no issues, click OK.
6.
Otherwise, if creating an external volume, select the external volume, and then do the following:
1.
Click Select Free Spaces.
2.
In the Select Free Spaces window, in the Available Free Spaces table, select the free space
to be assigned to the volumes.
Do the following, if necessary:
- To specify the conditions and show the free space, click Filter, specify the conditions,
and then click Apply.
- To specify the unit for capacity and the number of rows to view, click Options.
3.
Click View Physical Location.
4.
In the View Physical Location window, confirm where the selected free space is physically
located, and then click Close.
5.
In the Select Free Spaces window, if the selected free spaces have no issues, click OK.
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. The
capacity unit is fixed to Cyl.
8.
In Number of LDEVs, type the number of LDEVs to be created.
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If you create internal volume, Number of LDEVs per Free Space appears.
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If you create 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 mainframe
system, you can select Write to Control Block, Normal Format or No Format.
If No Format is selected, format the volume after creating the LDEVs.
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If Quick Format is selected while quick formatting is in progress, host I/Os may be affected.
For details, see
“Quick Format function” (page 47)
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).
Create LDEV function
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