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Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 with Dell EMC PowerFlex family
Executive summary Product overview Deployment considerations Architecture overview RHOSP 16.1 deployment Post deployment operations
Overcloud deployment validation
Install PowerFlex SDC Package
Verify horizon access
Create volume type
Solution validation Sample environment files References

Create volume type

Create volume type

  • This section configures OpenStack to point to the newly configured cinder backend. 

    1. Creating a new cinder volume type - these will be mapped to set of capabilities of the storage back-end driver 
      1. Log in to horizon using the admin credentials.
      2. Click Admin tab on the top left side and from the Volume drop down select Volume Type 
    2. In Volume Type select on Create Volume Type. Update the name and description details and then click on create volume type. 

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    Figure 4.              Create volume type

    1. Create the extra specs parameter for newly created volumes.
      1. Select new volume type, go to view extra specs from drop down menu.

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    Figure 5.              Add extra specs 

    1. Click create and update the value of the volume_backend_name key. Ensure this value is same as volume backend name which is specified in cinder configuration file. 
    2. Verify that the extra specs have been created properly 

    Note: For command line operations ,see  Block Storage Service(cinder) CLI .

    For overcloud post installation task, see Performing Overcloud Post-installation Tasks.