Storage
The Storage page lists the available
storage pools, including the default storage pool.
For each storage pool, the following information is displayed:
- Name
- Name of the storage pool and percentage used.
- State
- State of the storage pool, active (green) or inactive (red).
- Location
- File path to the location of the storage pool.
- Type
- Type of storage pool, for example, dir.
- Capacity
- Amount of space in the storage pool.
- Allocated
- Amount of space that is already allocated in the storage pool.
The following actions can be selected for each storage pool:
- Select Activate to activate the storage
pool so that it can be used.
- Select Deactivate to deactivate an active
storage pool.
- Select Undefine to remove an inactive storage
pool.
To display storage volume details for a storage pool, click the
arrow on the right side of the storage pool row. Details include
the following:
- Type
- The type of volume, for example, file.
- Format
- The format, varying dependent on the type.
- Capacity
- Size of the storage volume.
- Allocation
- Amount of space that is already allocated in the storage pool.
To define a storage pool, click the plus
(+) icon in the upper right of the display.
Define a storage pool
Define a storage pool.
- In the Storage pool name field, type the
name to be used to identify the storage pool.
- In the Storage pool type list, select the
type:
- DIR
- Specifies a directory pool. When selecting DIR,
type the Storage path (file path to the storage
pool).
- NFS
- Specifies a network filesystem pool. When selecting NFS,
type the NFS server IP address and NFS
path (path of the exported directory).
- iSCSI
- Specifies a pool based on a target allocated on an iSCSI server.
When selecting iSCSI, type the iSCSI
server IP address and Target on
the iSCSI server. You can optionally select to add iSCSI authentication.
- Logical
- Specifies a logical volume storage pool. Select the location to
the device in Device path.
- SCSI Fibre Channel
- Specifies a pool based on an SCSI Fibre Channel. Select which
SCSI adapter to use.
- Click Create.