The pool-VOL is added to the Selected Pool Volumes table. You can
add a maximum of 1,024 volumes in a pool.
Note: Before you add an LDEV belonging to a parity group which
has the accelerated compression setting enabled, see the
information about whether accelerated compression can be
enabled in the Provisioning Guide for Open Systems.
Note: Note the following when you add an external volume:
• External volumes with cache mode enabled and external
volumes with cache mode disabled cannot be contained in the
same pool.
• External volumes with cache mode disabled and internal
volumes cannot be contained in the same pool.
• When setting the tier rank of an external volume to a value
other than Middle, select the tier rank from External LDEV
Tier Rank, and then click Add.
Note:
• To specify conditions to display pool volumes, click Filter to
open the menu, specify the filtering conditions, and then click
Apply.
• To select all pool-VOLs in the table, click Select All Pages. To
cancel the selection, click Select All Pages again.
• To specify the unit or the number of rows to be displayed, click
Options.
5. Click OK.
Result
The selected pool-VOL is shown in the Selected Pools table in the Create
Pools window.
Pool creation and data drive type priority
Creating pools automatically sets the new pool-VOL with system area
according to the priority of data drive types.
The following table shows the priority of pool-VOLs with system area when
creating pools.
Priority
Data drive type
1 SAS7.2K
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