Provisioning a volume
- Select a system and click the cog wheel.
Click New.
The Create Volume screen opens, displaying the system's volumes. - The Volume Name is provided by the Host PowerTools.
- Set:
- The volume size.
- The pool.
- Note the capacity indicator. It displays the relevant information for every pool that is selected from the drop-down menu.
- Check whether to create a file system.
- Select the file system type.
- Check whether to mount the file system.
- Select a mount path.
- Click Continue.
- Set:
- An informative message that specifies the volume’s details is displayed on screen.
- Click Start.
The volume is created.
- Click Start.
- Click Done.
The volume is available on the Volumes screen.
Viewing the volumes
The InfiniHost web GUI displays the InfiniBox systems that the host is connected to.
- Click the cog wheel to see a list of volumes that are mapped to the host.
Volume actions
The available actions for each volume are listed under Actions at the right side of the Volumes table.
A description of each of the actions is available on previous chapters of this guide:
Running a performance test
- Select Performance Test from the Actions menu of a volume.
The Performance window opens. - Click Start. The performance test takes place.
The test results are displayed on screen. - Click Close.
Mapping a volume
- Select a system and click the cog wheel.
- Click Map.
Map Volume screen opens, displaying the system's volumes. - Select a volume, using either of the following methods:
- Search
- Browse
- Select whether to include clones
- Click Done.
The volume is mapped and is visible on the Volumes table.
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