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

Path Provisioning412
• Failed - The job failed.
• Ended - The job has finished.
How to Use Path Provisioning
All the provisioning tasks are centralized on one screen. You select the provisioning actions you
want to take by selecting a default system action template from the System Action combo-box in the
upper-left corner or you can create your own system action template, as described in ”Creating a
System Action Template” on page 440.
The following are the default templates:
• Volume Creations + LUN Security + Zone Operation- First you create a meta volume.
Second, you map a meta volume to a Fibre Channel port and host HBAs (HSG). Third, you
create a zone. See ”Volume Creation, LUN Security, and Zone Operation” on page 414 for
more information.
• Meta Volume Creation - Creates a meta volume. See ”Meta Volume Creation” on page 419
for more information.
• LUN Security - Map a meta volume to Fibre Channel port and host HBAs (HSG). See the topic
”LUN Security” on page 420 for more information.
• Zone Operation - Lets you perform just a zone operation. See ”Zone Operation” on page 425
for more information.
• Volume Creation + LUN Security - First you create a meta volume. Second you map a meta
volume to a Fibre Channel port). See ”Volume Creation and LUN Security” on page 429 for
more information.
• LUN Security and Zone Operation - Lets you create a host security group (HSG) with the host
HBA WWN along with zoning operations,. See ”LUN Security and Zone Operation” on
page 431.
• Volume Assignment - Lets you assign a volume to existing host security groups. See ”Volume
Assignment” on page 436.
After you select a system action, complete the steps in the various panes. If a step is disabled after
all data has been loaded, that step is not required.
When you have completed your steps, schedule the task as described in the topic, ”Scheduling
Provisioning Jobs” on page 443.
NOTE: You can customize which templates users can access. See ”Assigning Templates to a
Role” on page 452 for more information.
The following table provides an overview of the steps required for Path Provisioning.