2.Click Show Default Properties at the bottom of the page.

3.Copy smi.ProvisioningIbmEss.hostConnectionProfile. How you copy the text depends on your Web browser. If you are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, select the text, right-click the selected text, and then select Copy.

4.Return to the Advanced page (Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health, and then click Advanced in the Disk Space tree).

5.Paste the copied text into the Custom Properties box. How you paste the text depends on your Web browser. If you are using Microsoft Explorer or Netscape Navigator, right-click the box and select Paste.

6.Assign a host mode to smi.ProvisioningIbmEss.hostConnectionProfile in the Custom Properties box. For example:

smi.ProvisioningIbmEss.hostConnectionProfile=AIX

where AIX is the host mode.

7.Click Save.

General Provisioning Issues

This section contains the following topics:

•Provisioning Can Make a Device Inaccessible, page 563

•Provisioning Does Not Make an Operating System Aware of a Device, page 563

Provisioning Can Make a Device Inaccessible

Provisioning can break a connection between an array and a host. When you rezone a device, make sure no users or applications are using the device. For example, assume a port for a disk drive is a member of zone set A, which is active. If you make zone set A inactive and this port is not a member of the new active zone set, the disk drive will become unavailable.

Provisioning Does Not Make an Operating System Aware of a Device

When a port in a zone set becomes active, you must take steps to make it available to the operating system. For example, assume a port for a disk drive is a member of zone set A. If you make the zone set active, the host will not automatically recognize the disk drive. You will need to configure the operating system so that it becomes aware of the device. Refer to the documentation that accompanies the operating system for the host.

Provisioning Issues by Vendor

This section contains the following topics:

•Issues Specific to CLARiiON Storage Systems, page 564

•Issues Specific to EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems, page 564

•Issues Specific to HDS Storage Systems, page 566

•Issues Specific to HP Storage Systems, page 568

•Issues Specific to LSI Storage Systems, page 569

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