5.2. Creating New Storage Pools

5.2. Creating New Storage Pools

As the hardware administrator you may be required to provide additional storage servers to the system as more projects commence or grow to require more storage resources.

To create a storage pool:

  1. Use the Navigator panel to select the required hardware pool node.

  2. Click the pool name and the Summary Page displays on the Contents Pane. The numbers and amounts of used and available memory, storage and virtual resources appear in both a graphical and list form.

  3. To see details on the storage in the pool, click Storage on the menu bar. The Storage page and toolbar display.

  4. Click Create Storage Server from the toolbar. The Add New Storage Pool dialog box displays.

  5. To add a new storage pool, ensure the Add New Pool tab is selected.

    Enter the following information on the new storage pool:

    • Type - the type of storage, either iSCSI or NFS

    • IP - The IP address of the storage pool

    • Port - The port of the storage pool

    • Target - the name of the target drive

    Note

    It is mandatory to provide details for each of the above fields.

  6. Click the New Storage Pool. The new storage pool displays on the Storage Page of the hardware pool.