LDEV GUI reference

The Device Manager - Storage Navigator windows display the logical device (LDEV) information for the storage system and allow you to configure and manage LDEVs.

Parent Topic

• Provisioning

  The advanced provisioning software products and features of the storage systems enable you to implement the appropriate provisioning strategies for your operational environment and improve performance and capacity utilization. Dynamic Provisioning allows you to reserve virtual storage capacity based on anticipated future capacity needs using virtual volumes instead of physical disk capacity, providing lower initial cost, greater efficiency, and ease of storage management.

Child Topics

• Parity Groups window
• Parity Groups tab: Internal or external volume
• LDEVs tab: Internal or external volumes
• Logical Devices window
• Create LDEVs wizard

  Use this window to create and provision LDEVs. You can create multiple LDEVs at once when setting up your storage system.

• Edit LDEVs wizard

  Use this window to change the LDEV name.

• Change LDEV Settings window
• Select Free Spaces window
• Select Pool window
• View LDEV IDs window
• View Physical Location window
• Format LDEVs wizard

  Use this window to format LDEVs. LDEVs must be formatted before you can use the storage space.

• Restore LDEVs window
• Block LDEVs window
• Delete LDEVs window
• LDEV Properties window
• ALUs / SLUs window
• Unbind SLUs window
• Components window
• DKC: Controller Boards & MP Units tab
• Edit MP Units wizard

  Use this wizard to enable or disable the storage system to automatically assign the load of resources controlled by the selected MP units.

• Assign MP Unit wizard

  Use this wizard to assign an MP unit that will control selected resources.

• View Management Resource Usage window
• Create Parity Groups wizard

• Change Settings (Parity Group) window

• Assign Spare Drives wizard

• Edit Parity Groups wizard
• Format Parity Groups window

• Delete Parity Groups window

• Parity Group Properties window