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

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3. In the right pane, click the Provision button corresponding to the fabric on which you want to
do provisioning.
4. Click Step 1 Zone Alias.
This page lists the zone aliases and their ports under the following columns:
• Name - Click the name of the zone alias to view its properties.
Keep in mind the following:
• (Cisco SMI-S switches) The management server prefixes the names of zone aliases on
Cisco switches with the name of the Virtual SAN and the switch the zone aliases reside
on. For example, assume you have the name VSANNAME:cisco1:Alias35 displayed
under the Name column. VSANNAME is the name of the virtual SAN in which the zone
alias was created, cisco1 is the name of the switch containing the zone alias, and
Alias35 is the name the user assigned to the zone alias.
• (QLogic SMI-S switches) The management server prefixes the names of zone aliases on
QLogic switches with the name of the switch. For example, assume you have the name
Qlogic1:Alias displayed under the Name column. Qlogic1 is the name of the switch,
and Alias is the name the user assigned to the zone alias.
• Ports - In some instance, you may be able to click the link of a port to view its properties.
• Active - A check mark appears in the Active column if the zone alias is included in an
active zone set.
• Edit - Click the Edit button ( ) to edit an alias. See ”Modifying a Zone Alias” on
page 335 for more information.
• Delete - Click the button corresponding to the zone alias you want to delete. See
”Deleting Zone Aliases” on page 336 for more information.
To create a zone alias, click the New Zone Alias button. See ”Creating Zone Aliases” on
page 334 for more information.
Creating Zone Aliases
Zone aliases are used to give meaningful names to switch ports, HBA ports, or storage system
ports.
To avoid remembering a port's Worldwide Name (WWN), add a port to a zone alias as
described in the following steps:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.
2. In the right pane, click the SAN Zoning tab.
3. In the right pane, click the Provision button corresponding to the fabric in which you want to
create a zone alias.
4. Click Step 1 Zone Alias.
5. Click the New Zone Alias button.
6. (Cisco SIM-S Switch Connections Only) Select the virtual SAN in which you want to create the
zone alias from the VSAN drop-down menu.
Only the ports in the VSAN you selected are displayed in the Potential Ports pane.