IBM V7000 User Manual

214 IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node Introduction and Implementation Guide
5.4 Pools menu
The storage pools are the pools of storage extents that are used to build the virtual volumes
accessed by servers and used by the file server to form file systems.
The Pools menu contains different views of the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node
Volumes, MDisks, Internal Storage, and External Storage, as well as the System Migration
functionality.
When you hover the cursor over the Pools function icon, a set of menu options appears
(Figure 5-31).
Figure 5-31 Navigate to the Pools menu
For a description of this topic, see 5.4.1, “Volumes by Pool menu” on page 215.

IBM V7000 Specifications

General

Model	IBM Storwize V7000
Storage Type	Hybrid Flash Array
Maximum Capacity	1.2PB
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Connectivity	8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 1 Gbps iSCSI, 10 Gbps iSCSI
Management	Command-line interface (CLI), Graphical user interface (GUI)
Form Factor	2U
Drive Bays	12
Maximum Raw Capacity	1.2PB
Operating System Support	AIX, HP-UX, Linux, VMware, Windows
Data Reduction Features	Real-time Compression, Deduplication
Drive Types	SSD, HDD
Scalability	Scale-up (drive enclosures) and scale-out (clustering) capabilities