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

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 343
• The management server prefixes the names of zone aliases, zones, and zone sets on QLogic
switches with the name of the switch. For example, assume you have the name
qlogic1:DeviceName displayed under the Name column.
• qlogic1 is the name of the switch containing the zone alias, zone or zone set.
• DeviceName is the name the user assigned to the zone alias, zone or zone set.
Issues for Cisco SMI-S (Storage Management Initiative Specification) switches:
• Cisco SMI-S switches use virtual storage area networks (VSANs). VSANs are virtual fabrics that
are subsets of physical Fibre Channel switch networks.
• The management server prefixes the names of zone aliases, zones, and zone sets on Cisco
switches with the name of the Virtual SAN and the switch the they sets reside on. For example,
assume you have the name VSANNAME:cisco1:DeviceName displayed under the Name
column.
• VSANNAME is the name of the virtual SAN in which the zone alias, zone, or zone set was
created
• cisco1 is the name of the switch containing the zone alias, zone or zone set.
• DeviceName is the name the user assigned to the zone alias, zone or zone set.
Issues for McDATA and Connectrix switches:
• Only one client at a time can provision on a McDATA or Connectrix fabric. Since each fabric
has a separate lock, you can perform simultaneous provisioning on two different fabrics. For
example, you could perform provisioning by using the user interface and the CLI at the same
time on two different fabrics. Simultaneous provisioning on the same fabric is not supported.
• The management server does not support enabled default zones on McDATA or Connectrix
switches. When a default zone is enabled on a McDATA or Connectrix switch, it is not listed as
part of the active zone set.
Accessing Information About Zone Aliases
The software provides a listing of zone aliases in a fabric. You can view the properties of the zone
alias and its port from this page.
Keep in mind the following:
• See Table 51 on page 341 for more information about which zoning features are supported for
your switches.
• (Cisco SIM-S Switch Connections Only) Zone aliases that are part of an active zone are listed
multiple times for each switch in the virtual SAN. When a zone set is activated, the zone alias is
copied to each switch in the virtual SAN. The zone alias is then listed twice (active and
non-active versions) for each switch.
To obtain information about zone aliases in a fabric:
1. Click Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run Discovery Data Collection in HP
Systems Insight Manager.
2. In the right pane, click the SAN Zoning tab.