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

HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide 563
2. Click Show Default Properties at the bottom of the page.
3. Copy smi.ProvisioningIbmEss.hostConnectionProfile. How you copy the text
depends on your Web browser. If you are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator,
select the text, right-click the selected text, and then select Copy.
4. Return to the Advanced page (Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health, and then
click Advanced in the Disk Space tree).
5. Paste the copied text into the Custom Properties box. How you paste the text depends on your
Web browser. If you are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, right-click the box and
select Paste.
6. Assign a host mode to smi.ProvisioningIbmEss.hostConnectionProfile in the
Custom Properties box. For example:
smi.ProvisioningIbmEss.hostConnectionProfile
=AIX
where AIX is the host mode.
7. Click Save.
General Provisioning Issues
This section contains the following topics:
• Provisioning Can Make a Device Inaccessible, page 563
• Provisioning Does Not Make an Operating System Aware of a Device, page 563
Provisioning Can Make a Device Inaccessible
Provisioning can break a connection between an array and a host. When you rezone a device,
make sure no users or applications are using the device. For example, assume a port for a disk drive
is a member of zone set A, which is active. If you make zone set A inactive and this port is not a
member of the new active zone set, the disk drive will become unavailable.
Provisioning Does Not Make an Operating System Aware of a Device
When a port in a zone set becomes active, you must take steps to make it available to the operating
system. For example, assume a port for a disk drive is a member of zone set A. If you make the zone
set active, the host will not automatically recognize the disk drive. You will need to configure the
operating system so that it becomes aware of the device. Refer to the documentation that
accompanies the operating system for the host.
Provisioning Issues by Vendor
This section contains the following topics:
• Issues Specific to CLARiiON Storage Systems, page 564
• Issues Specific to EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems, page 564
• Issues Specific to HDS Storage Systems, page 566
• Issues Specific to HP Storage Systems, page 568
• Issues Specific to LSI Storage Systems, page 569