ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 14.0 User's Guidefor Virtual Storage Conductor

5.1.4 Creating a virtual enclosure

You can create a virtual enclosure in which to register virtual disks as described below.

1. Start up the "Create Virtual Enclosure" dialog box as follows:

   • Select "Virtual Enclosure" in the Composition Data tree area and click the <Create Virtual Enclosure> button, or

   • Select "Virtual Enclosure" in the Composition Data tree area and then [Operations] - [Virtual Enclosure] - [Create], or

   • Right-click on "Virtual Enclosure" in the Composition Data tree area and select [Create Virtual Enclosure].

2. The "Create Virtual Enclosure" dialog box then appears.

   

3. Enter the following status information in the "Create Virtual Enclosure" dialog box.

   Virtual Enclosure Name (required)

   Enter a string consisting of 1 to 32 alphanumeric characters.

   Virtualization Switch group (selection required)

   Each pair of virtualization switches constituting a redundant configuration is displayed as a virtualization switch group. Select the virtualization switch group to be associated with the virtual enclosure.
   You can select multiple virtualization switch groups.

   For the VS900 Model 300 and Virtualization Blade, switch device names are displayed as "virtualization switch name (host name)".

4. Click the <OK> button.

5. After a virtual enclosure is created, the "Create Virtual Enclosure" message dialog box shows the results. Click the <Close> button.

6. Check the "View and Create" window and confirm that the virtual enclosure was created.

   All virtual enclosures are now successfully created.

Note

Do not create virtual enclosures that include a mix of virtualization switch groups made up of VS900 Model 200s and virtualization switch groups made up of VS900 Model 300s or virtualization blades, otherwise the virtual storage management function will not run correctly.