Parity Groups tab: Internal or external volume

Use this window to view information about the parity groups in the internal (or external) volume. Only the parity groups assigned to the logged-on user are available.

Summary

Item	Description
Parity Group Capacity	Free: The free space capacity of the internal or external volume. The expanded capacity appears when existing parity groups with accelerated compression is enabled. The control information used by the storage system, such as control cylinders, is not included in the Free capacity. Total: The total capacity of the LDEVs and Free capacity is displayed in the Total. The expanded capacity appears when existing parity groups with accelerated compression is enabled.
Number of Drives	SSD: Displays the number of SSDs. SAS: Displays the number of SAS drives. Total: Displays the total number of drives.

Parity Groups tab

Item	Description
Parity Group ID	The parity group identifiers of the parity groups in the storage system.
LDEV Status	The icons indicate the LDEV status. Normal: Normal status. Blocked: Host cannot access a blocked volume. Warning: Problem occurs in the volume. Formatting: Volume is being formatted. Preparing Quick Format: Volume is being prepared for quick formatting. Quick Formatting: Volume is being quick-formatted. Correction Access: Access attribute is being corrected. Copying: Data in the volume is being copied. Read Only: Data cannot be written on a read-only volume. Shredding: Volume is being shredded. Hyphen (-): Any status other than the above.
RAID Level	RAID level. An asterisk "*" indicates that the parity group to which the LDEV belongs is interleaved (concatenated). Either RAID level of the parity group appears.
Capacity	Free: Capacity of the free space. The expanded capacity appears when existing parity groups with accelerated compression is enabled. The control information used by the storage system such as control cylinders is not included in the displayed capacity. Total: The total capacity of the LDEVs and the "Capacity - Free" capacity is displayed. The expanded capacity appears when existing parity groups with accelerated compression is enabled.
Physical Capacity¹	Capacity assured for writing data in the parity group.
Number of LDEVs	Unallocated: Number of unallocated LDEVs. Total: Total number of LDEVs.
Drive Type/RPM	Drive type and rpm in use on this LDEV.
Encryption	Encryption information: Enable: encrypted parity group Disable: non-encrypted parity group If the parity group in which the encryption setting is not defined, a hyphen (-) is displayed. This item is not available with Virtual Storage Platform G200.
Accelerated Compression¹	Displays the information about the accelerated compression of the parity group. Enabled: The accelerated compression of the parity group is enabled. Disabled: The accelerated compression of the parity group is disabled. Hyphen (-): The parity group with the accelerated compression is not supported.
Expanded Space Used ¹	Displays the information that LDEV is allocated in the expanded area or the physical area. If the accelerated compression is enabled, LDEVs are initially allocated in the physical area, then LDEVs are allocated in the expanded area. Yes: LDEV is allocated in the expanded area. No: LDEV is allocated in the physical area.
Attribute	Displays the attribute of the parity group. Hyphen (-): The parity group in which the attribute is not defined.
Copy-Back Mode	Displays the setting of the copy-back mode. Enable: Copy-back mode is set to parity groups. Disable: Copy-back mode is not set to parity groups.
Resource Group Name (ID)	Resource group name and ID of which this parity group is a member.
Virtual Storage Machine¹	Model name and serial number of the virtual storage machine having the parity group.
Create Parity Groups(Internal)	Opens the Create Parity Groups window.
Create LDEVs	Opens the Create LDEVs window.
Format Parity Groups	Opens the Format Parity Groups window.
Format LDEVs²	Opens the Format LDEVs window.
Edit Encryption²	Opens the Edit Encryption window. This item is not available with Virtual Storage Platform G200.
Shred LDEVs²	Opens the Shred LDEVs window.
Edit Parity Groups²	Opens the Edit Parity Groups window.
Delete Parity Groups²	Opens the Delete Parity Groups window.
Block LDEVs²	Opens the Block LDEVs window.
Restore LDEVs²	Opens the Restore LDEVs window.
Export²	Opens a window where you can export configuration information listed in the table to a file that can be used for multiple purposes, such as backup or reporting.
¹ Does not appear by default. To display this item, change the Column Settings window. ² Available when you click More Actions.