Physical disks, that do not configure a virtual disk, are enclosed by a physical enclosure such as the ETERNUS6000 or ETERNUS3000. As same as those disks, setting up a framework to integrate virtual disks into logical groups enables easier virtual disk operation.
The virtual enclosure is a logical framework to integrate virtual disks.
You can register virtual disks created from different virtual storage pools to the virtual enclosure.
You can also create multiple virtual enclosures according to the operational purposes of each system.
While the virtual storage pool is grouped by resource (physical disks), the virtual enclosure is grouped by transaction.
Figure 2.4 Concept of virtual enclosure classification
You will need information about the virtualization switch for controlling the virtual disks to be enclosed when creating the virtual enclosure. If you need a multi-path configuration for the virtual disks, specify as many virtualization switches as required by the paths.
You can delete any virtual enclosure that will no longer be used. However, you cannot delete the virtual enclosure while it has a registered virtual target. You must delete all virtual disks and virtual targets before deleting the virtual enclosure.
