•If a zone alias for a Sun StorEdge or QLogic switch is a member of an active zone, the zone alias is not shown in the user interface, but its members are displayed as belonging to the active zone.

Issues for QLogic SMI-S switches

•The management server prefixes the names of zone aliases, zones, and zone sets on QLogic switches with the name of the switch. For example, assume the name qlogic1:DeviceName is displayed in the Name column.

•qlogic1 is the name of the switch containing the zone alias, zone or zone set.

•DeviceName is the name the user assigned to the zone alias, zone or zone set.

Issues for Cisco SMI-S switches

•Cisco SMI-S switches use virtual storage area networks (VSANs). VSANs are virtual fabrics that are subsets of physical Fibre Channel switch networks.

•The management server prefixes the names of zone aliases, zones, and zone sets on Cisco switches with the name of the Virtual SAN and the switch the they sets reside on. For example, assume you have the name VSANNAME:cisco1:DeviceName displayed in the Name column.

•VSANNAME is the name of the virtual SAN in which the zone alias, zone, or zone set was created

•cisco1 is the name of the switch containing the zone alias, zone or zone set.

•DeviceName is the name the user assigned to the zone alias, zone or zone set.

Issues for McDATA and Connectrix switches

•Only one client at a time can provision on a McDATA or Connectrix fabric. However, since each fabric has a separate lock, you can perform simultaneous provisioning on two different fabrics. For example, you could perform provisioning by using the user interface and the CLI at the same time on two different fabrics. Simultaneous provisioning on the same fabric is not supported.

•The management server does not support enabled default zones on McDATA or Connectrix switches. When a default zone is enabled on a McDATA or Connectrix switch, it is not listed as part of the active zone set.

Accessing Information About Zone Aliases

The software provides a listing of zone aliases in a fabric. You can view the properties of the zone alias and its port from this page.

Keep in mind the following:

•For more information about which zoning features are supported for your switches, see Table 134 on page 521.

•Cisco SMI-S Switch Connections only: Zone aliases that are part of an active zone are listed multiple times for each switch in the virtual SAN. When a zone set is activated, the zone alias is copied to each switch in the virtual SAN. The zone alias is then listed twice (active and non-active versions) for each switch.

To access information about zone aliases in a fabric:

1.Click Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run Discovery Data Collection in HP Systems Insight Manager.

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