IBM Flex System V7000 Expansion Enclosure 4939H29 User Manual

Draft Document for Review January 29, 2013 12:52 pm

IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node Introduction and Implementation Guide

A few actions can be performed on storage pools using the Actions menu. A pool can be 

, its 

 can be changed, and it can be deleted from here as well.

When you expand a pool’s entry by clicking the plus sign (+) to the left of the pool’s icon, you 
get access to the MDisks associated with this pool. You can perform all actions on them, as 
described in 8.2, “Working with MDisks” on page 313.

Each defined storage pool is displayed along with its assigned icon and 

, 

, and a 

graphical indicator showing that the ratio the pool’s capacity is allocated to volumes. Also the 

 of the 

, which external storage system it may belong to (if it does), the 

 

and the 

 is shown by default.

A red vertical bar inside the indicator determines the warning level at which a Storage pool 
space warning will be posted in the system’s event log. The default warning threshold is at 
80% utilization.

To remove a storage pool that is not needed, click Delete Pool from the Actions drop-down 
men (Figure 8-62 on page 339).