To create a zone:

1.Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.

2.In the right pane, click the SAN Zoning tab.

3.In the right pane, click the Provision button corresponding to the fabric in which you want to create a zone.

4.Click Step 2 Zone.

5.Click the New Zone button.

6.In the Zone Name field, type a name for the zone. Naming Conventions for Brocade Switches:

•The name must contain 1 to 64 characters.

•The name must begin with a letter. Any character other than the first character can be a letter, a number (0 to 9), or an underscore (_).

•The name is case sensitive. For example, “Zone1” and “zone1” are different zones.

•You cannot create a zone with the same name as an existing zone, zone alias or zone set. For example, if you create a zone named “new”, you cannot give a zone, zone alias, or zone set the same name.

•The following characters are invalid for Brocade switches: caret (^), dash (-), and dollar sign ($).

Naming Conventions for McDATA and Connectrix Switches:

•The name can have a maximum of 64 characters.

•The first character of a zone name must be a letter (A-Z, AZ).

•A zone name cannot contain spaces.

•Valid characters are a-a, AA, 0-9, caret (^), dash (-), underscore (_), and dollar sign ($).

•All names must be unique and may not differ by case. For example, myzone and MyZone are considered to be the same zone.

Naming Conventions for QLogic Switches

•Only alphanumeric characters and caret (^), dash (-), underscore (_), and dollar sign ($) are allowed for zone sets, zones and alias names.

•The first character of a zone set, zone, or alias must be alphanumeric (a-z or A-Z).

•Zone sets, zones, and alias names are case sensitive.

•A zone, zone set, and alias name can include up to 64 alphanumeric characters including caret (^), underscore (_), and dollar sign ($).

7.Add members to the zone by selecting a member in the Potential Members pane. A zone member can be a port attached to a switch, a Worldwide Name (WWN) or a zone alias. Keep in mind the following:

•As a best practice, a zone should contain zone aliases only, and there should be a zone alias for each port/WWN.

•You cannot create a zone with an existing name.

8.Remove members from the zone by selecting them in the Member Name pane and clicking the Remove From Zone button.

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