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

Path Provisioning622
IMPORTANT: (McDATA switches only) Path Provisioning looks for the names of the active zone set
and of the active zones and verifies that all of their saved counterparts are matched in the zoning
library in EFC Manager. The provisioning job only occurs if those names match.
Creating a Zone
To create a zone:
1. Select a fabric in the zone pane.
2. Click the button located above the Zone pane.
3. Enter a zone name in the dialog box. For naming conventions, see ”Naming Conventions” on
page 630.
4. Click OK.
The new zone is added to the Zone pane.
5. Click Create Job.
The job is added to the bottom pane.
6. Take one of the following actions:
• If you want the job to execute now, click the Execute Job () button
• If you want the job to execute at a later time, schedule the job as described in the topic,
”Scheduling Provisioning Jobs” on page 628.
Volume Assignment
Keep in mind the following:
• If you have options still selected from a previous job, clear the options you do not want in your
next job. For example, assume you created a volume. Now you want to create a new volume on
the same host used previously. Clear the Volume pane. To clear a pane, click the button.
• If you want to clear all the steps, except for the Step 1 (storage systems), select another option
from the System Action combo-box.
• HDS only: Before you can create a volume, you must delete some unmapped LDEVs using the
standard provisioning tool.
To delete LDEVs:
a. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager.
b. Click the Storage Systems tab, then the Provision button for the storage system.
c. Click Step 2 Volume.
d. Select the desired number of LDEVs for the LUSE volume, and then click Delete Selected
Volumes.
e. Take note of the array group from which you deleted the LDEVs. You need this information to
create the LUSE volume.