Storage Namespace node

A Storage Namespace node represents a namespace, a way of grouping storage entities.

Creation/update

A Storage Namespace node is created or updated when a storage entity is discovered by one of the following:

WBEM queries to storage management software triggered by the creation or update of an SI representing storage management software
Directly discovered storage using WBEM queries to the WBEM/SMI-S provider triggered by the creation or update of a Storage Device node representing the chassis
Directly discovered storage using SNMP triggered by the creation or update of a Storage Device node representing the chassis

A Storage Namespace node is removed when its parent Storage System node is removed. This is Containment Removal.

The attributes of the StorageNamespace node are described in the following table:

UI Name Attribute Name and Type	Description
Not shown in UI key : string	Globally unique key
ID id : string	Id of the storage namespace
Type type : string	Type of the storage namespace
Name name : string	Name of the storage namespace
Size size : int	Size in bytes
Total Objects total_objects : int	Number of objects
Encryption encryption : boolean	Data at rest encryption

The relationships of the StorageNamespace node are described in the following table:

UI Name	Relationship	Description
Collection	Contained: Containment: Container: Collection	Containing Collection
Maintaining Pattern	Element: Maintainer: Pattern: Pattern	Pattern maintaining this Storage Namespace

The expressions of the StorageNamespace node are described in the following table:

UI Name	Expression	Description
Size	size : formatQuantity(size, "B1024")	Size