Figure 74 Vvol (System Configuration) - Fujitsu ETERNUS AF250 Design Manual

1. Function
Server Linkage Functions
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System Configuration
vSphere accesses VVOLs through Protocol Endpoints (PE). The server recognizes PEs as logical volumes. VVOLs
are created in a pool called a storage container. Storage containers and VVOLs correspond to FTRPs and FTVs of
the ETERNUS AF.

Figure 74 VVOL (System Configuration)

ETERNUS AF
management
information
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PE
PEs are control volumes to integrally manage multiple VVOLs.
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Storage Container (VVOL Datastore)
Storage containers are pools for creating VVOLs. The ETERNUS AF uses FTRPs as storage containers. Multiple stor-
age containers can be created in the ETERNUS AF.
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VVOL
VVOLs are logical volumes that are created in FTRPs. Multiple VVOLs can be created in a storage container.
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Storage container
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