Provisioning Storage Volumes and Performance Policies Workflow

After an array has been configured, the next step is to create volumes and associate them with one of the performance policies that is included in the array OS package, or create your own performance policy.

The following table describes the workflow for provisioning volumes and performance policies on your array:

Step Notes
1. Create a Volume Use the new volume wizard to create either iSCSI or Fibre Channel volumes on your array.
2. Create a Performance Policy A performance policy helps optimize the performance of the volume based on the characteristics of the application using the volume.