HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 461)

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used internally by the management server. See ” Deleting a Storage Volume ” on page 373
for more information.
IMPORTANT: Make sure the free extents you select are not being used. Data on the free
extents becomes unusable when a meta volume is created.
Keep in mind the following:
• You can narrow the type of volumes displayed in the Volumes pane by using the Volume
Customize Dialog ( ), located above the Volumes pane. See ” Host Customize Dialog ” on
page 460 for more information.
• If the LUN has already been selected and Step 4 is clicked, skip this step or click the
button.
2. Click Step 3.
3. If you are asked to specify a LUN number, provide a LUN for each volume displayed. See
” Providing a LUN Number ” on page 451 for information about numbering LUNs.
Step 4 - 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.
Step 5 - 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.