Complete this task to quickly and easily configure a storage complex
with zSeries volumes.
Ensure that you have obtained and applied an Operating Environment
License with a maximum storage amount that exceeds the amount of storage that
you have configured in your simulated configuration.
Note: Before you configure, disable any firewalls, as they
might interfere with DS6000™ communication.
To
create zSeries volumes using express configuration, perform the following
steps:
- In the navigation, select . The Express configuration
wizard page appears.
- From the Select storage unit list, select
the storage unit for the volumes that you are configuring.
- In the Select volume type list, select zSeries
(CKD), and then click Next. The
zSeries volumes page appears.
- Select either RAID 5 or RAID
10 under Select RAID type.
- Select the appropriate model in the Volume type list.
- Select one of the following options to configure an amount of available
storage:
- Select Amount of available storage to use.
Either select a percentage from the list or enter a value in one of the User
defined fields representing the space to configure.
- Select Volume quantity, and enter the number
of volumes that you want to create.
- Click Calculate. The value for
the item that you did not select is automatically displayed.
- Click Next. The LCU/SSID page
appears.
- Select the LCU that you want as the starting LCU in the Select
starting LCU list.
- Select the type for the LCU in the LCU type list.
- If you want to change the default SSID, highlight the SSID in the SSID field,
and type your selection.
- If the PAVs section appears, optionally
select Define number of aliases per base and enter
a number in the Aliases/base field.
- Enter the appropriate number in the Number of LCUs to
create field, and then select one of the following options:
- Select Spread volumes equally across LCUs.
- Select Utilize all addresses in each LCU to
have the quantity of base volumes that are created use all the addresses in
the specified number of LCUs.
- Click Next. The Set volume naming
page appears.
- To specify a sequence of volume names for the quantity created,
select Generate a sequence of nicknames based on the following.
- Select Verify nicknames are unique to determine
whether volume names that are generated on this page are unique.
- Enter the prefix (alphabetic) that you want for the volumes in
the Prefix field.
- Enter the suffix (numeric) that you want for the volumes in the Numeric
suffix field. If you are using hexadecimal values, see Using hexadecimal values for
conversion information. Click Next.
- 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.