Pool Property window

Use this window to view and change pool properties. Only the LDEVs assigned to the logged-on user are available.

Pool Properties table

Item

Description

Pool Name (ID)

Displays the pool name and pool ID.

Pool Type

Displays the pool type.

For a Dynamic Provisioning pool, DP is displayed.

For a Dynamic Tiering pool, DT is displayed.

For a pool being used for active flash, DT(Active Flash) is displayed.

For a pool with data direct mapping enabled, DP (data direct mapping) is displayed.

For a Thin Image pool, TI is displayed.

Capacity

Displays the pool capacity.

As for the pool comprised of pool volumes assigned by the accelerated compression-enabled parity groups, the writable capacity may be smaller than the displayed capacity.

User-Defined Threshold (Warning/Depletion)

Displays the user-defined threshold (Warning/Depletion).

Subscription Limit

Displays the subscription limit.

For a Thin Image pool, a hyphen (-) is displayed for Current or Limit.

RAID Level

Displays the RAID level. If multiple RAID levels exist in a pool, this field indicates that RAID levels are mixed. If all pool-VOLs are external volumes, a hyphen (-) is displayed.

Encryption

Displays the encryption information of the pool:

  • Enable: Pool comprised of pool volumes with encryption settings are enabled.
  • Disable: Pool comprised of pool volumes with encryption settings are disabled.
  • Mixed: This status is displayed when two or more of the following are specified as pool-VOLs:
    • Volume encryption setting is enabled.
    • Volume encryption setting is disabled.
    • External volume

    Caution: The data encryption is not ensured in the pool that has the Mixed encryption setting. To manage the data encryption securely, use the pool with an encryption setting of Enabled or Disabled.

  • - (hyphen): The pool is created by external volumes, or the pool is being blocked.

Pool VOL with System Area (Name)

Displays LDEV ID and LDEV name of the pool-VOL which includes the system area. If you open this window from the Selected Pools table in the Create Pool window, a hyphen(-) is displayed.

Pool Volumes table

Only the LDEVs assigned to the user are displayed.

Item

Description

LDEV ID

Displays the LDEV identifier, which is the combination of LDKC, CU, and LDEV.

LDEV Name

Displays the LDEV name.

Capacity

Displays the pool volumes capacity. If you open this window from the Selected Pools table in the Create Pool window, the LDEV capacity selected in the Select Pool VOLs window is displayed.

Parity Group ID

Displays the parity group ID.

RAID Level

Displays the RAID level. If a pool-VOL is an external volume, a hyphen (-) is displayed.

Drive Type/RPM

Displays the tier ID. A hyphen (-) is displayed when selecting the pool for Dynamic Provisioning, or Thin Image.

Tier ID

Displays the tier ID. A hyphen (-) is displayed when you select a Dynamic Provisioning or Thin Image pool.

Provisioning Type

Displays the type of the LDEV.

Basic: Internal volume.

External: External volume.

Attribute

Attribute of the volume indicating how the LDEV is being used.

Pool VOL: LDEV of the pool-VOL

Data Direct Mapping: LDEV with the data direct mapping attribute enabled.

- (hyphen): Volume in which the attribute is not defined.

Cache Mode

For the external volume, this item is displayed as enabled or disabled. If the LDEV is not an external volume, a hyphen (-) is displayed.

Encryption

Displays the information about parity group encryption:

  • Enable: Encryption setting of a parity group in which the LDEV is placed is enabled. Or the pool-VOL which is enabled of the encryption setting.
  • Disable: Encryption setting of a parity group (or a pool) in which the LDEV is placed is disabled. Or the pool-VOL which is enabled of the encryption setting.
  • Mixed: This status is displayed when two or more of the following are specified as pool-VOLs:
    • Volume encryption setting is enabled.
    • Volume encryption setting is disabled.
    • External volume

    Caution: The data encryption is not ensured in the pool that has the Mixed encryption setting. To manage the data encryption securely, use the pool with an encryption setting of Enabled or Disabled.

  • - (hyphen): External volume.

Accelerated Compression

Displays information about the accelerated compression of the parity group comprised of LDEVs.

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 accelerated compression is not supported.

Resource Group Name (ID)

Displays the resource group names and IDs of the LDEV. The ID is provided in parentheses.

Deduplication System Data Volumes

This table is displayed only when Deduplication System Data volumes are set.

Item

Description

LDEV ID

Displays the LDEV identifier, which is the combination of LDKC, CU, and LDEV.

LDEV Name

Displays the LDEV name.

Pool Name (ID)

Displays the pool name, and the pool ID is displayed in parentheses.

Capacity

Displays the LDEV capacity.

Provisioning Type

Displays the type of the LDEV.

SSID

Displays the SSID of the LDEV.

Resource Group Name (ID)

Displays the resource group names, and the IDs of the resource groups are displayed in parentheses.

Virtual Storage Machine

Model name and serial number of the virtual storage machine that has LDEV.