Express configure — Open systems volumes

Use this page to create open systems volumes.

Introduction

You can select the RAID type, amount of space to configure, and volume quantity or volume size for your open system volumes.

Menu path

Real-time manager or Simulated manager > Configure storage > Express configuration wizard
Select RAID type
Select the RAID type for the open systems volumes in the storage complex.
RAID 5
Select to configure the most capacity for the open systems volumes in the storage complex.
RAID 10
Select to configure the highest performance for the open systems volumes in the storage complex.
Total available storage
The total amount of unused storage that you can configure for the open system volumes.
Select the amount of available storage to configure
The amount of space to configure for the volumes in the storage complex.
Amount of available storage to use
The percentage of the unused space that you want to configure for the volumes.
User defined (GB)
Enter a number less than or equal to the total unused capacity.
User defined (%)
Enter a percent of the total unused capacity.
Volume size
The maximum size (in 1 GB increments) for each of the open systems volumes in the storage complex.
Volume quantity
The number of open systems volumes to configure for the storage complex.
Calculate button
Click to calculate either the maximum size for each of the volumes or the number of volumes for the storage complex, depending on the parameters that you selected for the amount of available storage. Two of the three parameters must be provided.
Total available volumes
The maximum number of open systems volumes that you can configure for the storage complex.
Create host
Select to enable host creation in this configuration. If you select this check box, additional pages appear for host creation during this configuration.
Related concepts
Express configuration overview
Related tasks
Creating open systems volumes
Creating open systems volume groups
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