HP XP7 User Manual page 130

NOTE:
You can specify the TSE Attribute function only when selecting Mainframe in the System
Type option.
You can specify the TSE Attribute function only when selecting Disable in the Smart Pool
field.
For TSE-VOL, if the relating pool ID is the odd number, the odd number is automatically
assigned as the CU number for the LDEV to create. If the relating pool ID is the even
number, the even number is automatically assigned as the CU number for the LDEV to
create.
7. Select the pool according to the following steps.
1. From the Drive Type/RPM list in Pool Selection, select the data drive type and RPM.
2. From the RAID level list, select the RAID level.
3. Click Select Pool.
The Select Pool window appears.
4. In the Available Pools table, select a pool.
NOTE:
one of the following:
You can select only one pool. When Enable is selected in step 6, the Smart Tiers Z-pools
appear, and when Disable is selected, only the non-Smart Tiers Z-pools appear.
Perform the following if necessary:
5. Click OK.
The Select Pool window closes. The selected pool name appears in Selected Pool Name
(ID), and the total capacity of the selected pool appears in Selected Pool Capacity.
8. In the LDEV Capacity text box, enter the THP V-VOL capacity to be created.
You can enter the capacity within the range of figures displayed below the text box. The
capacity unit is fixed to Cyl.
9. In the Number of LDEVs text box, enter the number of LDEVs to be created.
You can enter the number of LDEVs within a range of the figures displayed below the text
box.
10. In the LDEV Name text box, enter the THP V-VOL name.
In the Prefix text box, enter the alphanumeric characters, which are fixed characters of the
head of the THP V-VOL name. The characters are case-sensitive.
In the Initial Number text box, type the initial number following the prefix name, which can
be up to 9 digits.
You can enter up to the 32 characters including the initial number.
1 1. Click Option.
130 Configuring thin provisioning
You can specify a pool when creating THP V-VOLs if the pool has a status of
Normal status
Exceeded Threshold status
In progress of pool capacity shrinking
Click Filter to open the menu, specify the filtering, then Apply.
Click Options to specify the units of pools or the number of rows to be displayed.