Creating a virtual disk–Select an I/O group

Use the Select an I/O Group panel in the Select the I/O group and the preferred node to handle I/O traffic for the virtual disks (VDisks) that you are creating. Optionally, you can select to allow the system to choose the I/O group and the preferred node, which balances I/O traffic for the VDisk across multiple nodes.

Attributes

The following attributes for available I/O groups are displayed in the table:
Name
Displays the name of all the available I/O groups.
Node Count
Displays the number of nodes in the I/O group. The number can be 0, 1, or 2.
VDisk Count
Displays the number of VDisks that are currently a part of this I/O group.
Host Count
Displays the number of hosts that are mapped to this I/O group.

Fields

You can update the following fields:

Let the system choose a preferred node and I/O group
Select this option if you want the system to select the preferred node and I/O group. If you select this option, other fields on this page are disabled. De-select this option if you want to manually select preferred nodes and I/O groups.
Note: When you let the system choose the preferred node and the I/O group, the system performs workload balancing by managing the I/O traffic for the VDisks across multiple nodes.
Select the I/O Group
Select an I/O group from the list of available I/O groups for the VDisk that you are creating.
Select an I/O group from the list of available I/O groups for the VDisk that you are creating or let the system choose the I/O group.
Note: When you let the system choose the preferred node and the I/O group, the system performs workload balancing by managing the I/O traffic for the VDisks across multiple nodes.
Select Preferred Node
Select the preferred node for the VDisk that you are creating.
Select the preferred node for the VDisk that you are creating or let the system choose the preferred node.
Note: When you let the system choose the preferred node and the I/O group, the system performs workload balancing by managing the I/O traffic for the VDisks across multiple nodes.

Actions

The following actions are available:

Back
Click this button to return to the previous wizard panel.
Next
Click this button after you have completed this panel.
Cancel
Click this button to exit this wizard without creating the VDisk.
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