HP XP P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide

1. From the Drive Type/RPM list in Parity Group Selection, select the drive type and RPM.
2. From the RAID level list in Parity Group Selection, select the RAID level.
3. Click Select Free Spaces.
4. In the Select Free Spaces window, in the Available Free Spaces table, select the free spaces
to be assigned to the volumes.
Do the following, if necessary:
- To specify the conditions and show the free space, click Filter, specify the conditions,
and then click Apply.
- To specify the unit for capacity and the number of rows to view, click Options.
5. Click View Physical Location.
6. In the View Physical Location window, confirm where the selected free space is physically
located, and then click Close.
7. In the Select Free Spaces window, if the selected free spaces have no issues, click OK.
6. Otherwise, if creating an external volume, select the external volume, and then do the following:
1. Click Select Free Spaces.
2. In the Select Free Spaces window, in the Available Free Spaces table, select the free space
to be assigned to the volumes.
Do the following, if necessary:
- To specify the conditions and show the free space, click Filter, specify the conditions,
and then click Apply.
- To specify the unit for capacity and the number of rows to view, click Options.
3. Click View Physical Location.
4. In the View Physical Location window, confirm where the selected free space is physically
located, and then click Close.
5. In the Select Free Spaces window, if the selected free spaces have no issues, click OK.
7. In LDEV Capacity, type the amount of LDEV capacity to be created and select a capacity unit
from the list.
You can enter the capacity within the range of figures displayed below the text box. The
capacity unit is fixed to Cyl.
8. In Number of LDEVs, type the number of LDEVs to be created.
• For an internal volume, Number of LDEVs per Free Space appears.
• For an external volume, Number of LDEVs per External Volume appears.
9. In LDEV Name, specify a name for this LDEV.
1. In Prefix, type the characters that will become the fixed characters for the beginning of
the LDEV name. The characters are case-sensitive.
2. In Initial Number, type the initial number that will follow the prefix name.
10. In Format Type, select the format type for the LDEV from the list.
• For an internal volume, you can select Normal Format, Quick Format, or No Format.
If No Format is selected, format the volume after creating LDEVs.
• For an external volume, if you create the LDEV whose emulation type is the mainframe
system, you can select Write to Control Blocks, Normal Format or No Format.
If No Format is selected, format the volume after creating the LDEVs.
• If you select Quick Format, host I/Os might be affected when you perform the Quick
Format operation. For details, see (page 48).
11. Click Options to show more options.
42 Configuring custom-sized provisioning