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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 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 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
Delete
.
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
Apply
. 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.
3.6.3 Manually Configure Zone Groups
The Manually Configure Zone Groups commands enable you to manually create, view, modify, and delete zone
groups. These commands provide greater control of zone set creation, and permit an administrator to edit an
existing zone set or zone group.
3.6.3.1 Create Zone Group
The Create Zone Group command enables you to manually create zone groups. As the following figure shows, you
create a zone group by typing a zone group name and then selecting members for the zone group from the list on
the left of the window.
