HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software User Manual

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Descriptions

Subfields

Fields and
Dropdowns

This field displays only if Smart Pool is selected as the volume type, and
aSmart pool has been selected with Select Pool (see Volume Selection
above). You can select a specific tier policy for the volume to be allocated,
or select All.

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Tiering Policy
Setting

Note: This field is not the same field as the Volume Selection field above
when Volume Type is set to Smart Pool.
If your selected storage system is configured with storage tiers, you can
Select a Tier for volume allocation. If your selected storage system was
ANY, you can see which storage systems have tiers available with Select
a Tier and make a selection.

Tier

Volume Selec-
tion

Device Manager automatically selects volumes based on the specified
volume criteria.
For Basic volumes, Device Manager will select a parity group based on
volume criteria. The selected parity group changes with changes in criteria.
If desired, you can click Select Parity Groups to make a selection.
For Thin Provisioning volumes the system will select a THP pool based on
volume criteria. The selected THP pool changes with changes in criteria.
New volumes might be created or existing volumes used. If desired, you
can click Select Pool to make a selection.
Drive type, speed, RAID level and parity group or pool can be adjusted
if desired, but the primary purpose of this field is to rely on the storage
system to decide the resources used for volume allocation.

Automatic

For Basic and Thin Provisioning volumes, clicking Manual will bring up
the Selected Volumes screen. Click Add Volumes to select basic volumes
or Thin Provisioning volumes.

Manual

Keep in mind that volume criteria may have some impact on volume per-
formance. Changing the drive type can change the parity group or THP
pool.

Drive Type

Volume Criter-
ia

Changing the drive speed (rotational RPM) can change the parity group
or THP pool.

Drive Speed

Changing the RAID level can change the parity group or THP pool.
Note that RAID levels and parity group configuration can vary depending
on the selected storage system. For example, RAID6 may be supported
on one storage system, but not on another. Additionally, RAID6 is displayed
only if RAID6 parity groups have been configured on the selected storage
system.

RAID Level

As noted above, changing volume criteria can change the system selected
parity group. If desired, you can click Select Parity Groups to make a se-
lection.

Parity Groups

Use Select Pool to select the THP pool from which to allocate volumes. As
noted above, changing the volume criteria can change the system selected
THP pool.

Pool

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