HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

Storage Essentials 5.1 User Guide 331
• WWN of the connected element
Use the following table as a guideline for setting up zoning.
Keep in mind the following:
• If you use another product to make zoning changes, such as add a zone, you must perform
Discovery Data Collection or Get Detailsfor the management server to be made aware of these
changes.
• The management server creates a zone by finding the port or Worldwide Name of discovered
elements. The management server cannot create a zone by Fibre Channel addresses. An active
zone will appear empty in the user interface of the management server if you use third-party
software to create the zone by Fibre Channel addresses.
Use the following table for more information about what is supported for each type of switch.
Table 49 Setting Up Zoning
Step Description Where to Find
1 (Optional) Create a zone alias. Zone aliases
are used to give meaningful names to switch
ports, HBA ports, or storage system ports.
”Creating Zone Aliases” on page 334
2 Create zones. Zoning is the primary tool to
constrain groups of SAN members. A zone
defines a logical SAN that contains limited
element membership.
The only elements visible to members of a
zone are other members of that zone.
”Creating a Zone in a Fabric” on
page 337
3 Create zone sets. A zone set contains multiple
zones.
”Creating a Zone Set” on page 340
4 Activate a zone set. A switch fabric can have
multiple zone sets defined, but only one zone
set can be active.
”Activating a Zone Set” on page 344
Table 50 Zoning Support
Switch
Type
View
Active
Zones
View
Inactive
Zones
View
Aliases
Zone/
Zone Set
Provisioning
1
Zone Set
Copying
Port
Statistics
Brocade Y Y Y Y N Y
2
McDATA
SWAPI to
EFCM
YY N Y Y Y