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HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Provision

Provides provisioning tools for switches and storage systems:
Switches -

Lets you activate and deactivate zone sets, in addition to

managing the following:

Zone Aliases (Not applicable to McDATA switches)

Zones

Zone Sets (The delete zone set option is disabled for active zone sets).

Notes

:

When McDATA or Connectrix switches are discovered through a proxy by

using SNMP, you cannot view or perform any provisioning operations for

those switches. For example, you cannot view zone sets, zones, and/or

zone alias.

When McDATA or Connectrix switches are discovered by their IP address

by using SNMP, you can only view the active zone set and its members.

You cannot create, modify, and/or delete zone sets or its members.

Storage Systems

- Lets you manage the following:

Storage Pools

Volumes

Host Security Groups

*Offered only when supported by storage system
See ”

About the Provisioning Tab

” on page 289, ”

SAN Zoning Overview

” on

page 298 and

Setting Up Storage Partitioning

” on page 315 and for more

information. Provisioning wizards may not be available in your kit. To

determine if you can access Provisioning Manager, access the Feature List,

which is accessible from the Documentation Center.

Add Virtual
Application

Lets you add a virtual application so you can monitor it. A virtual application

is a placeholder you create for an application. For example, you could create

a virtual application for an application that was created just for your

company. See ”

Adding a Virtual Application

” on page 238.

Set Business
Cost

(Applications

only)

Lets you assign a business cost to an application. See

Assigning a Business

Cost to a Application

” on page 247.

Table 30

Drop-Down Menu Options Accessible from the Topology* (continued)

Menu Option

Description