IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node 4939H49 User Manual

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IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node Introduction and Implementation Guide
6.1  Storage provisioning from IBM Flex System V7000 Storage 
Node
This section follows the setup process and shows how to create volumes and make them 
accessible from the host. The following steps are required to complete the basic setup of your 
environment:
1. Create new volumes - starting at 6.1.1, “Creating a generic volume” on page 244
Discovery of the volumes from the host and multipath settings are discovered in Chapter 12, 
“Host Configuration” on page 473.
Open the All Volumes window of the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node GUI (Figure 6-1
to start the process of creating new volumes. 
Figure 6-1   Home window