- Go to the Sun Web Console page and click SE6920 Configuration Service.
- Click Storage > Logical > Pools > New.
The New Storage Pool wizard is displayed.
- Select the storage domain into which you want to add a new storage pool, and click Next.
- Specify a name for the new pool, using a maximum of 16 characters.
Valid characters include 0 to 9, A to Z and a to z, _ (underscore), and - (dash).
- Specify a description for the new pool, using a maximum of 256 characters, including spaces. Click Next.
Valid characters include 0 to 9, A to Z and a to z, _(underscore), and - (dash), . (period), : (colon), , (comma), % (percent), ( ) (parenthesis), [ ] (brackets), { } (braces), ` (tick), ~ (tilde), and | (pipe).
- Select the storage profile with which you want to associate this pool, and click Next.
- Note that this step appears only when the number of disks specified in the associated Profile is set to Variable, and there is available storage: Specify whether you want to add storage to the new pool:
- If so:
- Select Yes.
- Select the number of disks you want for this pool: 3 (default) to 14 for RAID-5, or 2 to 14 for other RAID levels. Click Next.
- Specify how you want the storage pool to be populated, either:
Manual - specify by tray
The Number of Disks option appears.
Manual - move the unused virtual disks from similar pools
Automatic - specify by capacity
Automatic requires you to specify a storage pool size, and the number of disks to allocate as virtual disks.
- If not, select No.
- Review the specified information for the new storage pool. If you are satisfied, click Finish. Otherwise, click Previous to make changes.