HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software - Manual (Page 64)

Descriptions Subfields
Fields and
Dropdowns
Select the volume type. For example Basic, Thin Provisioning or Smart
Pool. The displayed volume types are determined by your selected storage
system. If you do not see an expected volume type, check that you have
selected the correct storage system.
The selected volume type affects the Advanced Options fields described
below. For example, selecting a Basic volume will populate Advanced
Options > Volume Selection > Automatic with a default drive type, drive
speed, RAID level, and parity group. These specifications may be altered.
For example, if you change the drive speed, the parity group may change
automatically. These changes are determined by available resources. You
may also select an available tier from which to allocate the volume, or
manually locate available unallocated volumes.
If you select volume type Thin Provisioning, Advanced Options > Volume
Selection > Automatic will populate with a THP pool, instead of a parity
group. The specifications may be altered.
If you select Smart Pool, the Volume Selection field appears. Volume
selection is automatic or manual. See the volume selection field below.
Note that Any means the volume can be sourced from any available volume
type that meets the capacity criteria and is available from the storage
system.
- Volume type
Select Internal if you want your volume to come directly from your selected
storage system, or External if volumes are mapped from external storage
systems (virtualized volumes) and are adequate for your needs. The external
option can appear for basic volumes and THP pools. Note that when
viewing a list of THP/Smart pools, the volume location column will indicate
internal or external.
Note: This field is replaced by Volume Selection when Smart Pool is
selected (see Volume type above).
-
Volume loca-
tion
This field displays only if Smart Pool is selected as the volume type (see
above).
Note: This field is not the same field as the Volume Selection field below
in the Advanced Options Group.
Select Automatic to allow the system to configure volume allocation space
for you from available THP/Smart pools.
Select Automatic and click Select Pool to list available THP/Smart pools.
Make an appropriate selection for your capacity requirements, click OK.
Verify the name is correctly displayed on your screen. When displayed
under Advanced Options, you can tailor the Tiering Policy Setting (see
below). When you submit the task a volume will be created for the host.
Select Manual to see the selected volumes list, select Add Volumes, select
Unallocated Volumes or Allocated Volumes. Choose an appropriate
volume, click Add to update Selected Volumes and OK to return to volume
allocation.
-
Volume Selec-
tion
Note that when you set the volume type to Basic or Thin Provisioning you
will see Tier, Automatic and Manual options as explained below. When
the volume type is Smart Pool, the fields will be displayed as noted above
in Volume Type.
The fields below can be displayed or hidden by clicking Advanced Options.
These fields support explicit volume allocation (Tier, Manual) or volume
allocation based on criteria such as drive type or RAID level.
(See next 5
fields below)
>> Advanced
Options (drop-
down)
Setting up and operating a SAN environment 64