HP SAN - Manual (Page 12)

Figure 1 HP StorageWorks Essentials SAN Designer Welcome Screen
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The following options are available in SAN Designer welcome screen:
• Design a New SAN - Select this option to design a new SAN.
• View or modify a saved SAN Design- Select this option to view or modify a saved SAN design.
SAN Designer enables you to save and modify a SAN Design. For more information on saving
SAN designs, see
Saving a SAN design .
Click Next to view the Select Server/Blade window.
Opening SAN Design file created in SAN Designer 1.3 or earlier
If you are opening a SAN Design file that was created using SAN Designer 1.3 or earlier, you will
be prompted to convert the file to the latest SAN Designer format, as shown in
Figure 2 . Click Yes to
convert and open the file in SAN Designer 1.5.
NOTE:
Once the file is converted to SAN Design 1.5 format, you cannot open it using SAN Designer 1.3 or
earlier. You can only open the file using SAN Designer 1.5.
Figure 2 Opening and converting SAN Design file
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If the SAN Design profile created using SAN Designer 1.3 or earlier contains obsolete SAN
components, you will be prompted to redesign the SAN by replacing them with alternate SAN
components, as shown in
Figure 3 . Click Yes to remove obsolete SAN components and open the file
in SAN Designer 1.5.
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