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Dell EMC Unity - Not Able To Create Traditional Pool From Unity User Interface OR RAID 5 - 10 Not Available When Creating Pool From Unity User Interface (Dell EMC Correctable) - Dell US

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Article Number: 000201423 📠 Print

Dell EMC Unity: Not able to create traditional pool from Unity user
interface OR RAID 5/10 not available when creating pool from Unity
user interface (Dell EMC Correctable)
Summary: Not able to create traditional pool from Unity user interface OR RAID 5/10 not available when
creating pool from Unity user interface.

Audience Level: Partners

Article Content

Symptoms

In this case, Unity array was running on 5.2 and all NL-SAS drives were present in the array.
When trying to create pool from Unity user interface, only RAID 6 is available (RAID 5 and RAID 10 not available).

Cause

The Unity array is working as per design.


In Dell Unity OE version 4.2 and later, a dynamic pool is the only pool type that can be created in Unisphere for an all-flash system. This
is also true for hybrid systems running OE version 5.2 and later. Creating a traditional pool requires using the Unisphere CLI or REST
API.
Also, when creating a dynamic pool with NL-SAS drives, only RAID 6 is allowed when using the Unisphere UI.

For more information, refer:


https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/en-us/products/storage/industry-market/h16289-dell_emc_unity-dynamic_pools.pdf
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/unity-880f/unity_p_pool_config/create-a-dynamic-pool?guid=guid-5afb4aeb-c910-
45dd-9700-6e0ae48bb7ce&lang=en-us

Resolution

Traditional pool can be created from CLI using below commands

1) uemcli /stor/config/profile -configurable show << Shows the profiles available in the system

ID = tprofile_2
Type = Traditional
Description = SAS Flash RAID5 (8+1)
Drive type = SAS Flash
RAID level = 5
Maximum capacity = 18510768046080 (16.8T)
Stripe length = 9
Disk group = dg_26
Maximum drives to configure = 45
Maximum capacity to configure = 14834210439168 (13.4T)
2) uemcli /stor/config/dg show << Shows the Disk Groups available in the system

ID = dg_26
Drive type = SAS Flash 3
FAST Cache = no
Drive size = 393846128640 (366.7G)
Vendor size = 400.0G
Rotational speed = 0 rpm
Number of drives = 47
Unconfigured drives = 47
Capacity = 18510768046080 (16.8T)
Recommended number of spares = 0

3) uemcli -d <IP Address> -u Local/admin -p <Password> /stor/config/pool create -name <Pool Name> -diskGroup dg_26 -
drivesNumber 45 -storProfile tprofile_2 -type traditional << Command to create a traditional Pool (we use 45 of
the 47 drives to leave 2 for spares)

Note: This command is run from a workstation with Unity uemcli installed.

Alternately the command can be run directly on the SP via an ssh connection:

uemcli -u Local/admin -p <Password> /stor/config/pool create -name <Pool Name> -diskGroup dg_26 -drivesNumber 45 -
storProfile tprofile_2 -type traditional

Article Properties

Affected Product
Dell EMC Unity, Dell EMC Unity 300, Dell EMC Unity 300F, Dell EMC Unity 350F, Dell EMC Unity 400, Dell EMC Unity 400F, Dell EMC Unity
450F, Dell EMC Unity 500, Dell EMC Unity 500F, Dell EMC Unity 550F

Product
Dell EMC Unity XT 380, Dell EMC Unity 600, Dell EMC Unity 600F, Dell EMC Unity 650F, Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash,
Dell EMC Unity Family, Dell EMC Unity Hybrid, Dell EMC UnityVSA (Virtual Storage Appliance)

Last Published Date


22 Nov 2022

Version
3

Article Type
Solution

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