Creating LUNs

You can create LUNs for an existing aggregate, volume, or qtree when there is available free space. You can create a LUN in an existing volume or create a new FlexVol volume for the LUN. You can also enable Storage Quality of Service (QoS) to manage the workload performance.

About this task

If you specify the LUN ID, System Manager checks the validity of the LUN ID before adding it. If you do not specify a LUN ID, Data ONTAP automatically assigns one.

While selecting the LUN multiprotocol type, you should have considered the LUN multiprotocol type guidelines for using each type.

Steps

1.	From the home page, double-click the appropriate storage system.

2.	Expand the Storage Virtual Machines hierarchy in the left navigation pane.

3.	In the navigation pane, select the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) and click Storage > LUNs.

4.	In the LUN Management tab, click Create.

5.	Specify the name, size, type, and description for the LUN, and click Next.

6.	Create a new FlexVol volume for the LUN or select an existing volume or qtree, and click Next.

7.	Add initiator groups if you want to control host access to the LUN, and click Next.

8.	Select the Manage Storage Quality of Service check box if you want to manage the workload performance of the LUN.

9.	Create a new storage QoS policy group or select an existing policy group to control the input/output (I/O) performance of the LUN:

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Create a new policy group

a.	Specify the policy group name.

b.	Specify the maximum throughput limit to ensure that the workload of the objects in the policy group do not exceed the specified throughput limit.

If you do not specify the maximum throughput limit, the value is set to Unlimited and the unit that you specify does not affect the maximum throughput.

c.	Click Next.

Select an existing policy group

a.	Select Existing Policy Group and click Choose to select an existing policy group from the Select Policy Group dialog box.

Note: The Storage Objects Count column in the Select Policy Group dialog box is displayed only for storage systems running Data ONTAP 8.2.1 or later.

You can also choose to modify the maximum throughput for the selected policy group.

b.	Click Next.

If the policy group is assigned to more than one object, the maximum throughput that you specify is shared among the objects.

10.	You can review the specified details in the LUN summary window and click Next.

11.	Confirm the details and click Finish to complete the wizard.

Related reference

LUNs window