HP 3Gb SAS Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class - Manual (Page 38)

the server that needs access the zone group. An effective naming strategy will help manage
the assignment of drive-bay zone groups to servers.
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Zoning Mode—Select Drive Bay.
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Drive bays—In the grid representing the storage enclosures, select the disk drive bays to be
included in the zone group.
To select a drive bay, click an available (white) drive bay. (The bay status is automatically
updated, changing the color from white to blue.) To clear a selection, click the selected (blue)
drive bay. (The bay status is automatically updated, changing the color from blue to white).
Status Color
Selectable—Not yet assigned to a zone group and can be added to this zone group. White
Selected—Selected in this session or already a member of this zone group. Blue
Not Selectable—Assigned to a different zone group. Can not be selected. Gray
NOTE:
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To expand or contract the display for each storage enclosure, click the arrow at the far right
of the display.
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In addition to the mouse, the tab, arrow keys, and space bar can be used to select or clear
drives from the zone group.
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Information about the drive bay is shown in the display. For example, if the bay is populated
with a disk drive, information about the disk drive type is presented.
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Empty drive bays can be assigned to a zone group. This allows you to set up zone groups
for the storage enclosures and populate the bays with disk drives at a later time.
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A drive bay can belong to only one zone group.
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When selecting drive bays to be included in a zone group, consider your plans for creating
logical units (LUNs) from those drives.
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The following words may be displayed in the navigation tree by the zone group:
◦ Pending Save—until the configuration is saved.
◦ Unassigned—until a server device bay is granted access to the zone group.
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To assign this zone group to a server device bay, select the server device bay in the navigation
tree and click Modify Zone Access. For more information, see
“Modify Zone Access task”
(page 43)
38 Tasks in the VSM Zoning tab