•To automatically create a zone if a zone does not meet a preset criteria, click the button above the Zone pane. Then, select the option, Automatically create new zone if no existing zone containing HBA and storage system ports is detected. Select one of the options listed. See ”Zone Customize Dialog” on page 405 for more information about setting the criteria. After you set the criteria, select a host and click Step 2. If the management server finds a zone that meets the criteria, it selects the zone in the Zone pane. If the management server does not find a zone that meets the criteria, it asks for a zone name. See ”Naming Conventions for Zones” on page 402 for more information about the naming requirements for a zone. After you type a zone name, the new zone is displayed in the Zone pane, but it has not been created yet. It is created when the job runs.

•To configure zoning manually, click the button above the Zone pane. Then, deselect the option, Automatically create new zone if no existing zone containing HBA and storage system ports is detected. In the zone pane, you must select a zone or create one manually.

If you see the icon next to a host, it means the host is unreachable.

3.Click the Step 2 button.

Information about the selected port, such as its Worldwide Name, is displayed below the Host pane. The volumes for that host are displayed in the Volume pane.

4.Select a host security group in the LUN pane. See ”Creating a Host Security Group” on page 398 for information on how to create a host security group. See ”General Provisioning Issues” on page 340 for information on how your storage system handles host security groups.

5.Click Step 4.

Step 3 - Select a Zone

NOTE: If the zone has already been selected and Step 5 is clicked, skip this step or click the button to clear the selection.

If you do not have a zone selected or you do not have one created yet, most likely the option,

Automatically Configure Zoning, is not selected in the Zone Customize Dialog (). The management server assumes you want to select a pre-existing zone or create one manually when you deselect the Automatically Configure Zoning option.

•To reuse a zone - Select a zone in the Zone pane and then click Step 5. Expand a fabric node to view its zones.

•To create a zone - Select a fabric in the zone pane, click the button, type a zone name. See the following topic for more information.

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