Use this page to create or delete volumes, assign host ports to volumes, unassign host ports from volumes, and view information about all volumes that are discovered by the product.
- Create
- Click to create a volume using the Create Volume wizard.
- Assign host ports
- Click a volume from the table below; then, click Assign Host Ports to assign or unassign host ports using the Assign Host Ports wizard.
- Delete
- Click to delete a volume.
- Volume view
- Filter by array
- Filters the volumes by the specified array. This is selected by default unless the subsystem is DS6000 or DS8000. Select an array and click Go to generate the filtered list.
- Filter by extent pool
- Filters the volumes by the specified extent pool. This only is displayed if the subsystem is DS6000 or DS8000. This is selected by default. Select an extent pool and click Go to generate the filtered list.
- Filter by host port
- Filters the volumes by the specified host port. Click Go to generate the filtered list.
- Volumes table
- This table contains information about the volumes defined on a storage
subsystem. To populate the table with information, in the Volume view area,
select a volume-viewing option; then, click Go. To view additional
details about a volume, click the row; then, click
. The Volume
Details page is displayed.- Volume
- Volume ID.
- Subsystem
- A subsystem ID in the following format:
<Type>-<Model>-<ID>-<Vendor>
- <Type> is the type of the storage subsystem, for example, ESS or SVC.
- <Model> is the model number, for example, 2105 or 2145.
- <ID> is the serial number or cluster name. Cluster names only are used for SAN Volume Controllers.
- <Vendor> is the manufacturer of the storage system, for example, IBM.
- Subsystem Name
- Name of the subsystem. This either can be a user-defined name or the subsystem ID.
- LCU
- Logical control unit (LCU), which can have one of the following values:
- DS6000, DS8000, and ESS -- logical subsystem (LSS) ID
- SAN Volume Controller --1
- Storage Type
- Type of volume, either fixed-block (FB) or count-key data (CKD).
- Size
- Size of the volume.
- Unit
- GB for fixed-block (FB) volumes and cyl for count-key data (CKD) volumes.