HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 134)

4. In the Available Pools table, select a pool.
NOTE: You can specify a pool when creating THP-VOLs if the pool has a status of one
of the following:
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Normal status
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Exceeded Threshold status
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In progress of pool capacity shrinking
You can select only one pool. When Enable is selected in step 6, the Smart Tiers-pools
appear, and when Disable is selected, only the non-Smart Tiers-pools appear.
Perform the following if necessary:
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Click Filter to open the menu, specify the filtering, and then Apply.
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Click Options to specify the units of pools or the number of rows to be displayed.
5. Click OK.
The Select Pool window closes. The selected pool name appears in Selected Pool Name
(ID), and the total capacity of the selected pool appears in Selected Pool Capacity.
8. If you want to offset the specified LDEV capacity by boundary, change the default Offset
boundary from OFF to ON.
9. In the LDEV Capacity text box, enter the THP-VOL capacity to be created.
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.
10. In the Number of LDEVs text box, enter the number of LDEVs to be created.
You can enter the number of LDEVs within a range of the figures displayed below the text
box.
11. In the LDEV Name text box, enter the THP-VOL name.
In the Prefix text box, enter the alphanumeric characters, which are fixed characters of the
head of the THP-VOL name. The characters are case-sensitive.
In the Initial Number text box, type the initial number following the prefix name, which can
be up to 9 digits.
You can enter up to the 32 characters including the initial number.
12. Click Option.
13. In the Initial LDEV ID field, make sure that LDEV ID is set.
To confirm the used number and unavailable number, click View LDEV IDs to display the View
LDEV IDs window.
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).
14. In the Initial SSID text box, type the 4-digit SSID of a hexadecimal number (0004 to FFFE).
To confirm the created SSID, click View SSID to display the View SSID windows.
15. From the Cache Partition list, select CLPR.
16. From the MP Blade list, select a MP blade.
Select a MP blade to be used by the LDEVs. If you assign a specific MP blade, select the ID
of the MP blade. If you can assign any MP blade, click Auto.
17. From the Tiering Policy field, select the tiering policy to be used by the LDEVs. If you assign a
specific tiering policy, select any policy. All(0) is selected by default. You can change a level
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