HP XP7 User Manual page 120

Procedure
1. Open the Create Pools window.
In Command View Advanced Edition:
a. On the Resources tab, click Storage Systems, and then expand All Storage Systems.
b. From the General Tasks, selectCreate Pools
In Remote Web Console:
a. Click Storage Systems, and then expand the Storage Systems tree.
b. Click Pools.
2. Click Create Pools.
3. From the Pool Type list, select Thin Provisioning.
4. From the System Type list, select Mainframe.
5. From the Smart Pool field, select Disable.
6. From the Pool Volume Selection field, select Manual.
7. Follow the steps below to select pool-VOLs.
1. From the Drive Type/RPM list, select data drive type and RPM.
2. From the RAID Level list, select RAID level.
If you select External Storage from the Drive Type/RPM list, a hyphen (-) appears and you
cannot select the RAID level.
3. Click Select Pool VOLs.
The Select Pool VOLs window appears.
4. In the Available Pool Volumes table, select the pool-VOL row to be associated with a
pool. Then click Add.
You can select a value other than Middle from External LDEV Tier Rank and click Add to
set another tier rank for an external volume.
The selected pool-VOL is registered in the Selected Pool Volumes table. Up to 1,024
volumes can be added to a pool.
TIP:
5. Click OK.
The information in the Selected Pool Volumes table is applied to Total Selected Pool
Volumes and Total Selected Capacity.
8. Enter the name in the Pool Name text box.
9. Click Options.
10. In the Initial Pool ID text box, type the number of the initial pool ID, from 0 to 127.
When you specify a pool ID that was previously registered, the smallest available ID is
displayed by default instead of the value you entered. If a pool ID unavailable, no number is
displayed.
1 1. In the Subscription Limit text box, enter an integer value from 0 to 65534 as the subscription
rate (%) for the pool.
If no number is entered, the subscription rate is set to unlimited.
120 Configuring thin provisioning
Perform the following steps if necessary:
Click Filter to open the menu, specify the filtering, then Apply.
Click Select All Pages to select all pool-VOLs in the table. To cancel the selection,
click Select All Pages again.
Click Options to specify the volumes or the number of rows to be displayed.