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8. In LDEV Capacity, type the amount of LDEV capacity to be created and select a capacity unit
from the list.
Enter the capacity within the range of figures displayed below the text box. The capacity unit
is fixed to Cyl.
9. In Number of LDEVs, type the number of LDEVs to be created.
If you create internal volume, Number of LDEVs per Free Space appears.
If you create external volume, Number of LDEVs per External Volume appears.
10. In LDEV Name, specify a name for this LDEV.
a. In Prefix, type the characters that will become the fixed characters for the beginning of
the LDEV name. The characters are case-sensitive.
b. In Initial Number, type the initial number that will follow the prefix name.
1 1. In Format Type, select the format type for the LDEV from the list.
For an internal volume, 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, select Write to Control Block, Normal Format or No Format.
If No Format is selected, format the volume after creating the LDEVs.
If Quick Format is selected while quick formatting is in progress, host I/Os may be affected.
For details, see
12. Click Options to show more options.
13. In Initial LDEV ID, make sure that an LDEV ID is set. To confirm the used number and unavailable
number, click View LDEV IDs to open the View LDEV IDswindow.
a. In Initial LDEV ID in the Create LDEVs window, click View LDEV IDs.
In the View LDEV IDs window, the matrix vertical scale represents the second-to-last digit
of the LDEV number, and the horizontal scale represents the last digit of the LDEV number.
The LDEV IDs table shows the available, used, and disabled LDEV IDs.
In the table, used LDEV numbers appear in blue, unavailable numbers appear in gray,
and unused numbers appear in white. LDEV numbers that are unavailable may be already
in use, or already assigned to another emulation group (group by 32 LDEV numbers).
NOTE:
LDEV numbers cannot be specified if these values are not identical: - model/serial numbers
of the virtual storage machine and the storage system - LDEV ID and the virtual LDEV ID
b. Click Close.
14. In the Create LDEVs window, in SSID, type four digits, in hexadecimal format (0004 to FEFF),
for the SSID.
15. To confirm the created SSID, click View SSIDs to open the View SSIDs dialog box.
a. In the Create LDEVswindow, in Initial SSID, click View SSIDs.
In the SSIDswindow, the SSIDstable shows the used SSIDs.
b. Click Close.
16. In the Create LDEVs window, from the MP Blade list, select a MP blade to be used by the
LDEVs.
If you assign a specific MP blade, select the ID of the MP blade.
If you can assign any MP blade, click Auto.
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When a mainframe volume or multi-platform volume is created, corresponding
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