Users Guide

Field Name Description

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.

Authentication Enables you to select one of the following authentication methods to

access the storage volume:

• CHAP

• IQN/IP

NOTE: For VMware based deployment, you can use IP or Chap

authentication.

Chap username Specifies the CHAP username. A valid CHAP username must be less than or

equal to 63 alphanumeric characters. The access to CHAP username is

limited.

NOTE: The Chap username and Chap secret fields are displayed only

if authentication type is selected as Chap.

Chap secret Specifies the CHAP password. A valid CHAP password must be less than or

equal to 254 characters. If the password is not specified, then it is

generated automatically.

Initiator IQN or IP

Addresses

Specifies the IQN or IP addresses that you want to configure on the

EqualLogic storage volume to enable access for the IPs or IQNs.