HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

Viewing Element Topology and Properties268
Provision Provides provisioning tools for switches and storage systems:
Switches - Lets you activate and deactivate zone sets, in addition to managing
the following:
• Zone aliases (Not applicable to McDATA switches)
• Zones
• Zone sets (The delete zone set option is disabled for active zone sets).
Notes:
• When McDATA or Connectrix switches are discovered through a proxy by
using SNMP, you cannot view or perform any provisioning operations for
those switches. For example, you cannot view zone sets, zones, or zone
aliases.
• When McDATA or Connectrix switches are discovered by their IP address
by using SNMP, you can only view the active zone set and its members.
You cannot create, modify, or delete a zone set or its members.
Storage Systems - Lets you manage the following:
• Storage pools
• Volumes
• Host security groups
These options are offered only when supported by the storage system.
See ”The Provisioning Tab” on page 321, ”SAN Zoning Overview” on
page 518 and ”Setting Up Storage Partitioning” on page 536 and for more
information. Provisioning wizards may not be available in your build of the
product. To determine if you can access Provisioning Manager, access the List
of Features, which is accessible from the Documentation Center.
Add Virtual
Application
Lets you add a virtual application so you can monitor it. A virtual application
is a placeholder you create for an application. For example, you could create
a virtual application for an application that was created just for your
company. See ”Adding a Virtual Application” on page 272.
Set Business Cost
(Applications only)
Lets you assign a business cost to an application. See ”Assigning a Business
Cost to an Application” on page 282.
Table 31 Menu Options Accessible from the Topology* (continued)
Menu Option Description