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is used internally by the management server. See ”

Deleting a Storage Volume

” on

page 361 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 448 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 439 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 442 for

information on how to create a host security group. See ”

General Provisioning Issues

” on

page 374 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.