Fujitsu ETERNUS DX60 S3 User Manual page 585

Chapter 6 Thin Provisioning Pool Management
6.10 Assign Eco-mode Schedule (Thin Provisioning Pool)
• The ETERNUS DX200F does not support this function.
• This function cannot be used for TPPs under the following conditions:
- No volumes are created
- Configured by SSDs or SSD SEDs
• When using Eco-mode, make sure to set the time/date correctly. If the time/date of the ETERNUS DX S3
series is wrong, processes used for stopping and starting the drive motor cannot be performed per the
Eco-mode schedule.
• When the "External" (drive motor management by the Storage Foundation Software ETERNUS SF) is
selected, it can be changed to the Eco-mode schedule. But when the Eco-mode schedule is selected, it
cannot be changed to "External".
• If any of the following conditions occur during the Eco-mode scheduled time, the drive will be started
even when the drive motor is inactive. The Eco-mode schedule is re-enabled when the conditions listed
have finished. (*1)
- The RAID group status in the TPP is not "
- Functions that change the TPP or the volume configuration is being performed
- Rebuild or copyback is being performed in the RAID groups that configure the target TPP
- Formatting is being performed in the TPP
- Formatting is being performed in the volumes registered in the TPP
- RAID migration is being performed in the volumes registered in the TPP
- Advanced Copy is being performed in the volume registered in the TPP (copy session status is not
"Suspend" or the phase is not "Tracking")
- NAS system volumes exist in the TPP
- ODX Buffer volumes exist in the TPP
- During maintenance
- Disk diagnosis or RAID group diagnosis (diagnosing the RAID groups that configure the TPP) is being
performed, or G-List is being exported
- A module error related to the access paths of the controller modules and drive is detected
• If the server OS or software periodically accesses the ETERNUS DX, the drive motor may not stop even
when the Eco-mode is enabled.(*1)
*1: This not only affects the motor stoppage, but includes the cutting of the drives power as well.
• Before applying Eco-mode for TPPs, use the procedure in
75) to enable the Eco-mode setting for the ETERNUS DX S3 series.
• Set the Eco-mode schedule using the procedure in
• When the Eco-mode is set to TPP, the same Eco-mode schedule is assigned for all the RAID groups
configuring the TPP.
• When selecting multiple TPPs as the target of the Eco-mode, the same Eco-mode schedule can be
assigned for all the selected TPPs.
For details on the parameters for this function, refer to
Pool)" (page 934).
For the factory default settings for this function, refer to
Provisioning Pool)" (page
Available"
1008).
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"1.6.1 Modify Eco-mode General Setting" (page
"1.6.2 Create Eco-mode Schedule" (page
"A.6.7 Assign Eco-mode Schedule (Thin Provisioning
"Appendix B Assign Eco-mode Schedule (Thin
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