Required: Yes
• System Type
Value: Open
Default: Open
• Pool Volume Selection
Select the pool volume you want to use for the pool. Complete the
following:
Drive Type/RPM: Select your pool-VOL’s data drive type and RPM.
Select External Storage when you use external volumes (for HTI
pool-vols).
RAID Level: Select your pool-VOL’s RAID level. If you selected
External Storage as the Drive Type/RPM, a hyphen (-) is displayed
for this item and this item is unavailable.
Default: Mixable
Required: Yes
• Pool Name
Enter a name for the pool, using 32 alphanumeric characters or fewer.
This field is case sensitive.
• Initial Pool ID
The initial pool identifier. Enter 0 and an integer number.
Integer number range: 0 - 127
Default: The smallest available number displays as the default. If no
available pool ID exists, no number appears. If an already registered
pool ID is entered, the smallest available pool ID that is larger than
the one entered is used.
• Warning Threshold
The data pool capacity threshold.
Range (%): 20 - 95
Default (%): 80
The pool-VOL is added to the Selected Pools table of the Create Pools
window. Up to 1,024 volumes can be added to a pool.
Note: If you are adding an LDEV belonging to a parity group for
which accelerated compression is enabled, see the related section
in the Provisioning Guide for your storage system.
4. Click Finish, and then confirm the settings.
Configuring Thin Image 103
Hitachi Thin Image User Guide for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G Series and F Series