Table 30 Drop-Down 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, and/or

 

 

zone alias.

 

• 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, and/or delete zone sets or its members.

 

Storage Systems - Lets you manage the following:

 

•

Storage Pools

 

•

Volumes

 

•

Host Security Groups

 

*Offered only when supported by storage system

 

See ”About the Provisioning Tab” on page 289, ”SAN Zoning Overview” on

 

page 298 and ”Setting Up Storage Partitioning” on page 315 and for more

 

information. Provisioning wizards may not be available in your kit. To

 

determine if you can access Provisioning Manager, access the Feature List,

 

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 238.

 

 

Set Business

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

Cost (Applications

Cost to a Application” on page 247.

only)

 

 

 

 

 

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