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Support for Disk Pooling, Storage Array Summary

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Figure 30. Storage Array Summary Support for Disk Pooling If your RAID controller firmware version (7.83 or higher) supports disk pooling, the MD vCenter Plug-in allows you to provision unconfigured space in a disk pool. For example, you can select an existing disk pool from the vCenter logical storage view and create new virtual disks from that disk pool's unconfigured capacity. However, you cannot use the MD vCenter Plug-in to (1) create a new disk pool or (2) manage the disk pool itself. To perform either of these management functions, you must use MD Storage Manager. For information on setting up disk pooling on your MD storage array, refer to either the Administrator's Guide for your array model or the MD Storage Manager online help. Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in | 40

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Figure 30.
Storage Array Summary
Support for Disk Pooling
If your RAID controller firmware version (7.83 or higher) supports disk pooling, the MD vCenter Plug-in
allows you to provision unconfigured space in a disk pool. For example, you can select an existing disk pool
from the vCenter logical storage view and create new virtual disks from that disk pool's unconfigured capacity.
However, you cannot use the MD vCenter Plug-in to (1) create a new disk pool or (2) manage the disk pool
itself. To perform either of these management functions, you must use MD Storage Manager.
For information on setting up disk pooling on your MD storage array, refer to either the
Administrator's Guide
for your array model or the MD Storage Manager online help.