• Pool Tier: Filter by the pool tier: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, or
External.
• Active Flash Enabled: Filter by whether Active Flash is enabled.
• Encryption: Filter by whether encryption is used. Select YES, NO,
PARTIAL, or UNKNOWN.
• FMD DC2 Compression: Filter by whether a pool is using a parity group
that is enabled for accelerated compression. Select YES, NO, PARTIAL, or
UNKNOWN.
• Deduplication Enabled: Select YES or NO.
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The following actions are available on this page:
• Click Open the Pools page in Storage Navigator to open the Pools page of
Storage Navigator in a separate browser window.
• Select a pool and click Edit to update it in the Update Storage Pool page.
• Select one or more pools and click Delete to delete the pools. Deleted
pools are de-provisioned and removed from the storage system.
• Click the plus sign (+) to add a pool in the Create Pool page.
Opening the Pools inventory page in Storage Navigator
Click Open the Pools page in Storage Navigator to:
• Shrink or restore a HDP/HDT pool
• View the Tier properties of the HDT Pool
• Update the Monitoring Mode of the HDT pool (if Tier management is set to
Manual)
• Start or stop the monitoring of the HDT pool (if Tier management is set to
Manual)
• Start or stop tier relocation on the HDT pool (if Tier management is set to
Manual)
For more information, refer to the Storage Navigator online help.
Note: Any changes you make in Storage Navigator may not be reflected in
Storage Advisor for a few minutes.
Creating a pool, basic method
Use the basic method of pool creation to create pools based on best
practices.
Before you begin
Create and configure parity groups on the storage system.
You need a minimum of four parity groups of the Bronze, Silver, or Gold tiers,
or one parity group of the Platinum tier to create a pool using the basic
method. Otherwise, you can use the advanced method of pool creation.
Configuring the storage system 79
System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models
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