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Configure and Customize Dell PowerFlex v3.6.x

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Add volumes

Add volumes to a system.

Prerequisites

There must be at least three SDS nodes in the system and there must be sufficient capacity available.

NOTE: For the minimum size of an SDS, see "System Requirements" in the Getting to Know guide .

About this task

Define volume names according to the following rules:

  • Contains less than 32 characters
  • Contains only alphanumeric and punctuation characters
  • Is unique within the object type

PowerFlex objects are assigned a unique ID that can be used to identify the object in CLI commands. You can retrieve the ID via a query, or via the object’s property sheet in the PowerFlex GUI. It is highly recommended to give each volume a meaningful name associated with its operational role.

To add one or multiple volumes, perform these steps:

Steps

  1. From the PowerFlex GUI, in the left pane, click Configuration > Volumes.
  2. In the right pane, click Add.
  3. In the Add Volume dialog box, enter the following details of the volume:
    1. Enter the number of volumes.
      If you type 1, enter a name for the volume.
      If you type a number greater than 1, enter the Volume Prefix and the Starting Number of the volume. This number will be the first number in the series that will be appended to the volume prefix. For example, if the volume prefix is Vol%i% and the starting number value is 100, the name of the first volume created will be Vol100, and the second volume will be Vol101, and so on.
    2. Select either Thick (default) or Thin provisioning options.
    3. Enter the volume size in GB (basic allocation granularity is 8 GB) in the Size box.
    4. Select the Storage Pool.
  4. Click Add Volume.
  5. Verify that the operation completed successfully and click Dismiss.

Results

A volume is created.

Next steps

To use the created volume, you must map it to (at least) one SDC. If the restricted SDC mode is enabled for the system, you must approve SDCs prior to mapping volumes to them. For more information on approving SDCs, see "Approve SDCs using the PowerFlex GUI" . For more information on mapping volumes, see "Map a volume to an SDC".

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