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3.6.2.3 End Device Wizard | Use the End Device Wizard to automatically configure a zone set and associated zone |
| groups by grouping end devices. Each window of the wizard includes instructions to |
| guide you through the configuration process. |
| This wizard uses a snapshot of the current domain to determine the available end |
| devices and then displays lists of initiators and targets. Type the zone set name |
| (maximum of 28 characters) and bundle one or more initiators with one or more targets |
| into a zone by selecting them from these lists. You can define multiple zones as needed |
| in order to meet your zoning requirements. Zones can overlap, but zones that are |
| subsets of larger zones are removed. The wizard forces devices that share the same |
| ZPSDS entry point (siblings) into the same zone by automatically selecting all siblings |
| when you select a single sibling. You can delete the defined zones by selecting the |
| check box and clicking the Delete button. |
| After you define all the zones, the wizard uses the zone definitions to create the |
| minimal number of zone groups and to configure their permissions. The wizard creates |
| one zone group per defined zone, populating the zone group with the ZPSDS entry |
| point phys of the end devices in that zone, and setting up permission for the phys in |
| the zone group to communicate with each other. |
| The wizard then compares each zone group to all other zone groups, including zone |
| groups created during this process, searching for phys that are in both zone groups. If it |
| finds any such phys (parents), it creates a new zone group (child) and moves the |
| identified phys to the child. The wizard then grants permission for the child’s phys to |
| communicate with each other, as well as with the phys of the two parent zone groups. |
| If one of the parent zone groups is emptied in this process, the wizard transfers all |
| permissions from the parent to the child. Empty zone groups are later ignored and are |
| not transferred to the zone manager. |
| The wizard creates the zone set and associated zone group when you click the Apply |
| button. The wizard assigns to zone groups the names <zone set name> + #001, <zone |
| set name> + #002, and so on. If the number of generated zone groups exceeds the |
| maximum number of 248, the wizard displays an error message. |
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