Users Guide

3. Click Continue.

4. Under <component name> Storage Settings, specify the properties for the storage component and

click Add.

For more information about the storage settings, see Storage Settings

NOTE: Currently, you can add only one instance of Compellent storage type while building a

template. However, you can add multiple EqualLogic storage components in the template.

Storage settings

Field Name Description

EqualLogic Chap Storage Settings

Target EqualLogic Device Specifies the EqualLogic storage device where the volume is created.

Storage Volume Select the volume in Equallogic. To create a new volume, from the Storage

Volume drop-down list, select Create New Volume.

New volume name Enter the name of the volume in Equallogic. A volume is a logical partition

in the EqualLogic storage array. The EqualLogic CHAP users have the

access to these storage volumes. More than one chap users can have

access to the EqualLogic volume.

Storage Pool Specifies pool name where a volume is. The default storage pool value is

Default.

Storage Size (e.g. 100m, 1g) Specifies the volume size.

Thin Provisioning Enables thin provisioning on this volume. The possible values are enable or

disable.

Snapshot Reserve % Refers to the amount of space, as a percentage of the volume size, to

reserve for a snapshot.

Thin Min Reserve % Sets the minimum reserved size for thin provisioned volume configured as

percentage of total volume size. This value cannot be less than 10%.

Thin Growth Warning % Sets the warning threshold percentage for thin-provisioned volume. When

the thin-reserve reaches this value, a warning message is displayed. The

default value is 60%.

Thin Growth Maximum % Sets the maximum growth percentage for thin volume. When thin-reserve

reaches this value, the volume is set to offline. The default value is 80%.

Thin Warning on Threshold

Specifies whether or not a thin provisioning sends an initiator warning

when passing the in-use warning threshold.

Thin Warning Hard

Threshold %

Specifies whether or not a thin provisioning allows the volume to remain

online after reaching the max-growth threshold.

Multi-host access of

volume

This parameter enables or disables multi-host access on a volume. The

possible values are enable or disable.