Creating open systems volumes (express configuration)

Complete this task to quickly configure a storage complex with open systems volumes.

1. In the navigation, select Real-time manager or Simulated manager > Configure storage > Express configuration wizard. The Express configuration wizard page appears.
2. From the Select storage unit list, select the storage unit for the volumes that you are configuring.
3. From the Select volume type list, select Standard Open System (FB), and then click Next. The Open systems volumes page appears.
4. Select either RAID 5 or RAID 10 under Select RAID type.
5. Make selections for two of the following three fields and then click Calculate configure the amount of storage:
   • Select a value from the Amount of available storage to use drop-down list. If you select User defined GB, you must enter a value, in GB, in the User defined GB field. If you select User defined %, you must enter a percentage value in the User defined % field.
   • Enter an amount, in GB, in the Volume size field to determine the size of the individual volumes. The DS Storage Manager automatically determines the number of volumes that are created.
   • Enter an amount, as an integer, in the Volume quantity field to determine the number of individual volumes. The DS Storage Manager automatically determines the size of the volumes that are created.
6. To enable host creation for the open system volumes, select Create host.
7. Click Next. The Set volume naming page is displayed.
8. To specify a sequence of volume names for the quantity that you created, select Generate a sequence of nicknames based on the following. Select the Use hexadecimal sequence check box to generate a hexadecimal sequence. See for conversion information.
9. Select Verify nicknames are unique to determine if volume names that are generated on this page are unique.
10. Enter the prefix (alphabetic) that you want for the volumes in the Prefix field.
11. Enter the suffix (numeric) that you want for the volumes in the Numeric suffix field. Click Next. If you selected Create host, the Group volumes page appears.
12. Enter a name (up to 16 characters) for the volume group in the Volume group name field, select the volumes to include in the volume group under Select volumes, and then click Next.
    • If you did not select to create a host, the Verification page appears and you can move to the final step.
    • If you selected to create a host, the General host information page appears and you can continue to the next step.
13. Select the host system for the open systems volumes in the Host system field, and then enter a nickname (up to 16 characters) for the host in the Nickname field.
14. (Optional) Enter a description (up to 256 characters) for the host, and then click Next. The Host ports page appears.
15. Enter the number of host ports to configure for the open systems volumes in the Quantity field, and then select the host attachment type from the Type list.
16. To group the ports that you are configuring and manage them as a single host attachment, select Group ports to share a common set of volumes, and then click Next. The Define WWPNs page appears.
17. Select or enter the 16-digit WWPNs for each host port that you want to include in the identifier, and then click Next. The Assign host to volume group page is displayed.
18. To map the volume group to the host attachment, select Assign host attachment to volume group, and then click Next.
19. Review the details of the configuration on the Verification page. You can navigate through the Express Configuration pages to make any changes to the configuration by clicking Back or Next, or by selecting a specific step in the wizard in the left navigation. When you are satisfied with the details of the configuration, click Finish.