Use this page to define alias assignments for the specified volumes.
Introduction
The
information contained here is presented for both of the ways that the Define
alias assignments page can be displayed. First, the fields are listed for
the page when an LCU has been specified. Second, the fields are listed for
the page when the LCUs are either multiple or non-specified.
Menu path
Fields
For
volumes created in a specified LCU
- LCU
- The logical control unit, based on user selection (00 to FF).
- Available addresses
- The quantity of available addresses in the LCU (0 to 256).
- Select
- Select the appropriate check boxes.
- Volume Number
- The volume number (for example, 1E3B).
- Nickname
- The user-defined nickname.
- Volume Type
- The volume type (3380 Mod 2, 3380 Mod 3, 3390 Mod 3, 3390 Mod 9, or Custom
3390).
- Capacity
- The capacity in cylinders.
- Aliases: Bases
- The quantity of aliases for this base volume.
- Starting address
- The first available address in the list. This value reflects a choice
made when defining the alias address allocation policy.
- Ascending/ Descending
- If you defined a default in the address allocation policy, that value
is displayed here as the default.
- Aliases
- The quantity of aliases per selected volumes. This value is a function
the available addresses for the selected LCU. You can enter a decimal value
here to represent fractions of the number of aliases per volume. For example:
- A value of 0.25 indicates 1 alias to every 4 base volumes
- A value of 1 indicates 1 alias to every 1 base volume
- Per Volumes
- The quantity of aliases per volume. A valid value is a function of the
available addresses for the selected LCU.
- Add aliases
- Required if the value in the Aliases Per Volumes fields
is greater than zero. For all of the aliases created, you must select the Add
Aliases button in order to proceed in the wizard. When you have
added the alias, you can add more aliases by inputting another value in the Aliases
Per Volumes fields and selecting more volumes, or by keeping the
same value and just selecting the button again. You can repeat this task until
you are satisfied with the alias assignments.
Note: If you want to add aliases,
the number of base volumes must be greater than 0.
- Remove aliases
- Enabled when you select any volumes with aliases. This button removes
the assigned aliases from the designated volumes.
For volumes created in non-specified LCUs
- Quantity of LCUs
- The user-defined quantity of LCUs for the volumes being created.
- Select
- The check boxes associated with the LCUs.
- LCU Number
- The logical control unit number (00 to FF).
- Volume Quantity
- The quantity of volumes to be created in this LCU
- Available Addresses
- The quantity of available addresses in the LCU (0 to 254).
- Starting address
- A starting address that is common to all the LCUs selected from the table.
If no starting address is common to all the selected LCUs, the starting address
is determined by the application for each LCU.
- Ascending/ Descending
- The default is a value defined in the address allocation policy.
- Aliases
- The quantity of aliases per selected volumes. This value is a function
the available addresses for the selected LCU. You can enter a decimal value
here to represent fractions of the number of aliases per volume. For example:
- A value of 0.25 indicates 1 alias to every 4 base volumes
- A value of 1 indicates 1 alias to every 1 base volume
- Per Volumes
- The quantity of aliases per volume. A valid value is a function of the
available addresses for the selected LCU.
- Add aliases
- Required if the value in the Aliases Per Volumes fields
is greater than zero. For all of the aliases created, you must select the Add
Aliases button in order to proceed in the wizard. When you have
added the alias, you can add more aliases by inputting another value in the Aliases
Per Volumes fields and selecting more volumes, or by keeping the
same value and just selecting the button again. You can repeat this task until
you are satisfied with the alias assignments.
Note: If you want to add aliases,
the number of base volumes must be greater than 0.
- Remove aliases
- Enabled when you select any volumes with aliases. This button removes
the assigned aliases from the designated volumes.