IBM TotalStorage DS6000 Series - Manual (Page 97)

Chapter 4. Virtualization concepts 73
Figure 4-6 Allocation of a CKD logical volume
Figure 4-6 shows how a logical volume is allocated with a CKD volume as an example. The
allocation process for FB volumes is very similar and is shown in Figure 4-7 on page 74.
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used used Allocate 3226 cylinder
volume
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Volume with
3226 cylinders