HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

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9 Provisioning Manager
IMPORTANT: Depending on your license, Provisioning Manager may not be available. See the
“List of Features” to determine if you have access to Provisioning Manager. The “List of Features” is
accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About Provisioning Manager” on page 337
• ”Managing Zones” on page 338
• ”Managing Storage” on page 358
About Provisioning Manager
The software provides the following tools to assist you in provisioning your storage. These tools are
accessible by clicking Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager or by clicking
Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Provisioning Manager.
• Path Provisioning tool - Lets you schedule provisioning tasks to take place when the network
traffic is light. See ”About Path Provisioning” on page 421 for more information.
• SAN Zoning tool - Lets you create and modify zones, zone aliases and zone sets. Click the
Provisioning button next to the fabric on which you want to do provisioning.
You can also view the properties of a fabric or switch by clicking its link in the table. See ”SAN
Zoning Overview” on page 338 for more information.
• Storage System Provisioning tool - Lets you manage storage pools, volumes, and host
security groups. Click the Provisioning button next to the storage system on which you want to
do provisioning.
You can also view the properties of a storage system by clicking its link in the table. See ”Setting
Up Storage Partitioning” on page 358.
IMPORTANT: Ports designated as an Initiator on a storage system belonging to the HDS Freedom
Storage™ Lightning 9900™ Series or Freedom Storage Lightning 9900V Series cannot be used for
provisioning. If you select one of these ports, you receive a message saying that provisioning failed
because the HiCommand Database was not refreshed. The management server does not support
provisioning for ports designated as Initiators on these storage systems.
Once you have become adept at provisioning, you might want to try accessing the provisioning
screens by doing one of the following:
• Double-clicking a storage system or switch in System Manager and then clicking the
Provisioning Manager tab.
• Right-clicking a storage system or switch in the Access tab in System Manager. See ”About the
Access Tab” on page 263 for more information.