6.4 Resource Pool Types

This section explains the types of resource pools.

Resource pools are categorized as indicated below.

Table 6.3 Resource Pool Types
Resource Pool Types	Overview
VM pool	A resource pool for storing VM hosts used when creating new servers (VM). VM hosts of different server virtualization software can be stored. In VM pools where different server virtualization software exists, an appropriate VM host can be selected and an L-Server created by specifying VM type during L-Server creation. Moving an L-Server (migration) is only possible between VM hosts belonging to the same cluster group, when two or more cluster groups are registered in the same VM pool.
Server pool	A resource pool for storing the physical servers used when creating new servers.
Storage pool	Resource pools containing the following resources: Virtual storage resources (RAID groups, aggregates, VM file systems) Disk resources (LUNs, FlexVol, virtual disks) The following resources can be stored together: Virtual storage resources Disk resources Resources of differing storage devices
Network pool	Resource pools containing the following resources: Network resource (VLAN ID and an external connection port, etc. are defined). Network devices (Firewalls) Network devices (Server load balancers)
Address pool	Resource pools containing the following resources: MAC address (Media Access Control Address) WWN Global IP address
Image pool	Resource pools containing the following resources: Physical image resources Cloning images collected from physical L-Servers Virtual image resources Cloning images collected from virtual L-Servers Images using a template used for VM guest creation with VM management software