Dell Compellent Series 40 - Manual (Page 394)

386 Storage Center 5.5 System Manager User Guide
Storage Profiles
Creating a Volume Using Storage Profiles
To select a Storage Profile during volume creation or apply a Storage Profile to one or more
existing volumes, the Allow Storage Profile selection must be enabled in your user
volume defaults. Refer to
User Volume Defaults - Advanced on page 274 .
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To create a volume with a storage profile from the menu
1 From the Storage Management menu, select Create > Volume. The Create Volume
window appears.
2 Enter the size of a volume.
3 Click Advanced. The Select Storage Profile window appears, displaying the Storage
Profiles available on the Storage Center.
Note The Storage Profiles displayed depends on whether Data Progression is licensed
and whether custom profiles have been created on the Storage Center. For
information on custom profiles, refer to
Creating Custom Storage Profiles on
page 385 ).
4 Select a Storage Profile, and click Continue. The Replay Profile window appears.
5 Select one or more Replay Profiles, and click Continue. The Name Volume window
appears. Enter a name for this volume. Click Continue. The system asks you to
confirm. Click OK.
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To create a volume from a server
1 Select a server from the system tree. From the shortcut menu, select Create Volumes.
2 Click the Volumes tab. The System Manager proposes a volume based your User
Volume Defaults.
3 Click Modify Selected Volume. The Modify Create Volume window appears.
4 Click the Change link next to Storage Profile. The Select Storage Profile window
appears.
5 Select a Storage Profile, and click Continue. The Modify Create Volume window
reappears.
6 Click Apply Changes.
7 Click Create Volume Now. A volume is created with the Storage Profile you selected.