Step 3 - select a host security group, Step 4 - select a zone, 69 zone icons – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Step 3 - Select a Host Security Group

1.

Select a host security group. See

Creating a Host Security Group

” on page 454 for information

on how to create a host security group. See ”

General Provisioning Issues

” on page 385 for

information on how your storage system handles host security groups.

2.

Click Step 4.

3.

Click the Create Job button.
The job is added to the bottom pane.

4.

Do one of the following:

• If you want the job to execute now, click the Execute Job ( ) button
• If you want the job to execute at a later time, schedule the job as described in the topic,

Scheduling Provisioning Jobs

” on page 455.

Step 4 - Select a Zone

NOTE:

If the zone has already been selected and Step 5 is clicked, skip this step or click the

button to clear the selection.

If you do not have a zone selected or you do not have one created yet, most likely the option,
Automatically Configure Zoning

, is not selected in the Zone Customize Dialog ( ). The

management server assumes you want to select a pre-existing zone or create one manually when

you deselect the Automatically Configure Zoning option.

To reuse a zone

- Select a zone in the Zone pane and then click Step 5. Expand a fabric node

to view its zones.

To create a zone

- Select a fabric in the zone pane, click the button, type a zone name. See

the following topic for more information.

If you see the icon, the fabric cannot be reached.

Table 69

Zone Icons

Icon

Description
Its location on the page determines its use:

Displayed above Zone pane

- Button for creating zones.

In Zone pane

- Icon for a zone.

Zone Alias

Port

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