Table 31 Menu Options Accessible from the Topology* (continued)

Menu Option

Description

 

 

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, or zone

 

 

aliases.

 

• 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, or delete a zone set or its members.

 

Storage Systems - Lets you manage the following:

 

•

Storage pools

 

•

Volumes

 

•

Host security groups

 

These options are offered only when supported by the storage system.

 

See ”The Provisioning Tab” on page 321, ”SAN Zoning Overview” on

 

page 518 and ”Setting Up Storage Partitioning” on page 536 and for more

 

information. Provisioning wizards may not be available in your build of the

 

product. To determine if you can access Provisioning Manager, access the List

 

of Features, which is accessible from the Documentation Center.

 

 

Add Virtual

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

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 272.

 

 

Set Business Cost

Lets you assign a business cost to an application. See ”Assigning a Business

(Applications only)

Cost to an Application” on page 282.

 

 

 

 

 

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