
64 Volume Management for the XP128/XP1024
As defined in Table 19, VSC does not work with OPEN-L and OPEN-M emulation types. VSC supports
OPEN-3, OPEN-8, OPEN-9, OPEN-E, and OPEN-V emulations.
Table 20 lists specifications and the minimum and maximum volume capacities for mainframe and open
systems.
Table 21 shows specified and actual capacities of various open system custom volume sizes.
Table 19 VSC supported emulations
Emulation Can create these volume size configurations
OPEN-3 3, 8, 9, E
OPEN-8 3, 8, 9, E
OPEN-9 3, 8, 9, E
OPEN-E 3, 8, 9, E
OPEN-V V
Table 20 Install Custom Volume operation parameters for mainframe and open system volumes
Item Mainframe system
volumes
Open system volumes
Track format 3380 or 3390 OPEN-3, OPEN-8,
OPEN-9, OPEN-E
OPEN-V
Emulation type 3380-E, -F, -J, -K,
-KA/KB/KC;
3390-1,-2,-3,-3R,
-3A/3B/3C, -9
OPEN-3, OPEN-8,
OPEN-9, OPEN-E
OPEN-V
Maximum number of
LDEVs (fixed and custom
volumes) per VDEV
512 for RAID5 (7D+1P) or
RAID6 (6D + 2P)
256 for other RAID levels
512 for RAID5 (7D+1P) or
RAID6 (6D + 2P)
256 for other RAID levels
512 for RAID5 (7D+1P) or
RAID6 (6D + 2P)
256 for other RAID levels
Maximum number of
LDEVs (fixed and custom
volumes) per disk array
1
1. The value for the maximum number of LDEVs per disk array depends on the installed firmware version.
8192 8192 8192
Minimum custom volume
capacity
1 cylinder (+ control
cylinders)
36 MB (+ control cylinders) 48 MB (50 cylinders)
Maximum custom volume
capacity
Emulation volume size Emulation volume size Emulation volume size
Increment of custom
volume capacity
1 cylinder 1 MB 1 MB (1 cylinder)
Custom volume disk
location
Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere
Table 21 Capacities of open system custom volume sizes
Setting size (MB) User size (MG)
1
Notes
36 36.15625 Minimum custom volume size (other than OPEN-V)
46 48.875 Minimum custom volume size (OPEN-V)
500 500.625
1000 1000.546875
2000 2000.390625
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