Creating an economy storage pool

You use the Create Pool wizard on the Storage page to create and configure a storage pool.

To create a storage pool:

1.From the top-level menu of the System Management Console, click on the Storage button and navigate to the StoragePools page.

2.Click on the Create Pool button.

3.In the Get Started wizard that opens, select HCP S Series

4.Click on the Go button.

The Create Pool wizard opens.

5.In the Name field, type a name for the storage pool.

6.Optionally, in the Description field, type a description to use for the storage pool.

7.Click on the Next button.

8.Select all of the storage components you want to allocate to the pool.

9.Select Compress data at rest if you want to compress object data that’s stored on the storage that’s allocated to the namespaces in the storage pool.

10.Select Encrypt data at rest if you want to encrypt object data that’s stored on the storage that’s allocated to the namespaces in the storage pool. If encryption is disabled for the system, this option is not visible.

11.Click on the Next button.

12.Take one of these actions:

oIf the economy storage pool configuration entered is correct, click on the Finish button.

oIf the economy storage pool configuration information is not correct, use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate through the pages in the wizard and change any settings that are not correct.

When you’re finished making changes to the storage pool configuration settings, navigate to the Review page and click on the Finish button.

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