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

Path Provisioning632
To narrow the types of volumes displayed in the Volume pan, set the Customize Volume Options
dialog box. The Customize Volume Options dialog box is not available for the HP EVA.
Customizing Path Provisioning
This section contains the following topics:
• Storage System Customize Dialog Box, page 632
• Host Customize Dialog Box, page 632
• Customize Volume Options Dialog Box, page 633
• Customize HSG Options, page 633
• Customize Zone Options Dialog Box, page 633
Storage System Customize Dialog Box
The Storage System Customize dialog box lets you specify the type of storage systems displayed in
the Storage System pane. To specify the type of storage systems displayed in the Storage System
pane:
1. Select one of the following
• Show all available storage systems - All storage systems are displayed.
• Show storage system with available raw storage - Only storage systems with available raw
storage are displayed.
• Show storage system with available unmapped storage - Only storage systems with
available unmapped storage are displayed.
• Show storage system with the following characteristics - Select one or more of the storage
tiers. Only storage systems belonging to the selected storage tiers are displayed. This menu is
blank if no storage systems have been assigned to storage tiers. Storage systems are
assigned to storage tiers in Chargeback Manager. See ”Adding Asset Information” on
page 645 and ”Adding General Information” on page 645 for information about assigning
storage systems to a storage tier.
2. Click OK when you have finished making your selections.
The Storage System pane is updated.
Host Customize Dialog Box
The Host Customize dialog box lets you use multipathing with Path Provisioning. To set multipathing:
1. Select one of the following options:
• Single path: Select one port of a host. Select this option if you do not have multipathing or
you do not want to use multipathing with Path Provisioning.
• Multipath: Select more than one port within a single server. Select this option if you want to
use multipathing with Path Provisioning. See ”Using Multipathing with Path Provisioning” on
page 631 for more information on how to use multipathing with Path Provisioning.
2. Click OK when you have finished making your selections.