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# SANs screen details

## General

Screen component | Description
--- | ---
State | The state of the SAN.
Discovered | A SAN that is not associated with a network. SANs are automatically discovered when a SAN manager is brought under management of HPE OneView.
Managed | A SAN that is associated with a network. HPE OneView has full inventory of the SAN and can perform operations on it.
Type | The type of SAN; can be `FC`, `FCoE`, or `FC + FCoE` (hybrid SAN).
| NOTE: HPE OneView automatically determines the type of SAN based on the presence of a VLAN ID or port types configured on the SAN manager. When another switch is connected by inter-switch links, you might need to manually select the SAN type on that switch in order to make the correct network association. For example, if HPE OneView detects the SAN as an FC SAN, but the cascaded switch has FCoE ports on the particular VSAN, you will need to edit this setting manually to select an FC + FCoE (hybrid) SAN. This will enable the SAN to be displayed as an option for both FC and FCoE networks when associating the SAN to a network in HPE OneView.
VLAN ID (FCoE and FC + FCoE) | The VLAN ID of the SAN.
Principal switch | The switch that controls the fabric services and assigns domain IDs to member switches. Only available for managed SANs.
SAN manager | The SAN manager that HPE OneView uses to perform zoning and alias operations on the SAN. The SAN manager name is a link to the details for that SAN manager.
Associated networks | The networks associated with the SAN. Each network name is a link to the details of that network.

## Zoning Policy

Screen component | Description
--- | ---
Zoned | Indicates whether or not the SAN is zoned; can be `No zoning (open zoned)` or `Zoned`. HPE OneView determines whether or not the SAN is zoned based on the following conditions:
No zoning (open zoned) | The default zone is set to `allow all` and there are no active zone sets. HPE OneView will not perform automated zoning on open zoned SANs. Open zoned SANs are treated as `Read Only`.
Zoned | The default zone is set to `deny all` or there is an active zone set. HPE OneView can perform automated zoning on zoned SANs.
Automate Zoning | Indicates whether or not HPE OneView will automatically create zones as part of adding SAN storage to server profiles. The membership and naming of the zones is based on the zoning policy specified in HPE OneView. See About SAN zoning for more information. Automated zoning automatically creates, edits, and deletes zones on the SAN when storage volumes are attached to or detached from server profiles.
Yes | Automated zoning is turned on for the SAN, and HPE OneView controls the zoning operations between the server profiles and the storage system. Automated zoning is only available for SANs associated with a network.
No | Automated zoning is turned off for the SAN. Zoning must be configured manually in order for the SAN to be visible to server profiles.
Zone layout | Indicates the structure of the zones HPE OneView creates on the SAN.
single initiator / all targets | A single zone is created for each server profile initiator and all storage system targets serving volumes to the initiator.
single initiator / single storage system | A separate zone is created for each storage system serving volumes to the server profile initiator.
single initiator / single target | A separate zone is created for each storage system target port serving volumes to the server profile initiator.
Zone name format | Displays the user-defined format HPE OneView uses to create zone names.
Zone names update when resources are renamed | Whether or not (`Yes` or `No`) zone names are renamed on the SAN when the names of resources that are part of the name format change in HPE OneView. Default: `Yes`
Create Aliases | Indicates whether or not aliases are generated during zoning operations. An alias defines a group of endpoints.
Yes | Aliases are generated for all initiators and targets used in zoning operations.
No | Aliases are not generated.
Manage pre-existing aliases | Whether or not (`Yes` or `No`) aliases that are not part of the zones that HPE OneView creates are used, renamed, or deleted during zoning operations.
Initiator alias format | Displays the user-defined format HPE OneView uses to create server profile initiator aliases.
Initiator aliases update when resources are renamed | Whether or not (`Yes` or `No`) initiator aliases are renamed on the SAN when the names of resources that are part of the name format change in HPE OneView. Default: `Yes`
Target alias format | Displays the user-defined format HPE OneView uses to create storage system target aliases.
Target aliases and target group aliases update when resources are renamed | Whether or not (`Yes` or `No`) target aliases and target group aliases are renamed on the SAN when the names of resources that are part of the name format change in HPE OneView. Default: `No`
Create target group aliases | Whether or not (`Yes` or `No`) target group aliases are generated. Default: `No`
Target group alias format | Displays the user-defined format HPE OneView uses to create storage system target port group aliases.

## SAN Endpoints

The SAN Endpoints table displays all device ports actively logged into or configured to log in to a SAN.

- You can filter the SAN endpoints table on any of the columns using the search boxes.

- The default view is sorted on the Endpoint column with the first 100 endpoints displayed.

Screen component | Description
--- | ---
Download endpoints table button | Downloads a gzipped CSV formatted table of the currently displayed SAN endpoints.
Endpoint | The name of the endpoint. The endpoint name format depends on the type of endpoint:
Target | The name of a storage system port. The target name format is `<storage_system_name><port><port_group>`
Initiator | The server HBA port. The initiator name format is `<profile_name><profile_connection_name>`. If the profile connection name is not available, the profile connection ID is used.
Unmanaged endpoints do not have an endpoint name. Endpoints without a name are identified by the endpoint WWPN.
Endpoint WWPN | The WWPN of the target or initiator.
Endpoint Alias | The alias of the endpoint, if available.
Online | Indicates whether or not the device port is currently logged into the SAN fabric services; can be `Yes` or `No`.
Zone | The zone to which the endpoint belongs, if available.
Update button | Updates the list of SAN endpoints based on your entries in the search boxes.

## Edit SAN dialog box screen details

Screen component | Description
--- | ---
General
SAN Type | The type of SAN; can be `FC`, `FCoE`, or `FC + FCoE` (hybrid SAN). The device access protocols on the SAN. HPE OneView reports all the protocols it detects, but if other protocols exist on other switches in the SAN, you will need to declare those types manually. The protocols are used to filter SANs when performing network-to-SAN associations.
VLAN ID | The VLAN ID assigned to the SAN.
Auto Zoning Policy
Automate zoning | Indicates whether or not HPE OneView will automatically create zones as part of adding SAN storage to server profiles. The membership and naming of the zones is based on the zoning policy specified in HPE OneView. Automated zoning automatically creates, edits, and deletes zones on the SAN when storage volumes are attached to or detached from server profiles.
Yes | Automated zoning is turned on for the SAN, and HPE OneView controls the zoning operations between the server profiles and the storage system. Automated zoning is only available for SANs associated with a network.
No | Automated zoning is turned off for the SAN. Zoning must be configured manually in order for the SAN to be visible to server profiles.
Zone layout | Indicates the structure of the zones HPE OneView creates on the SAN.
single initiator / all targets | A single zone is created for each server profile initiator and all storage system targets serving volumes to the initiator.
single initiator / single storage system | A separate zone is created for each storage system serving volumes to the server profile initiator.
single initiator / single target | A separate zone is created for each storage system target port serving volumes to the server profile initiator.
Zone name format | The user-defined format of the zone name, created using available variables. The variables that are available for naming a zone depend on the zoning policy, as shown in the following table. Zone layout and available zone name variables
Single initiator / all targets | Single initiator / single storage system | Single initiator / single target
--- | --- | ---
server profile | server profile | server profile
server initiator WWPN | server initiator WWPN | server initiator WWPN
server profile connection | server profile connection | server profile connection
| storage system | storage system
| storage system port group | storage system port
Zone naming example You have a server profile named `myServer` with a connection named `portA` You specify the zoning format as OV-{server profile}-{server profile connection} The zone name would be `OV-myServer-portA`
| NOTE: To adhere to the naming rules of a SAN manager, HPE OneView automatically removes illegal characters, appends zone names and aliases that are non-unique, and pre-appends zone names and aliases that begin with an illegal starting character.
Update zone names as referenced resources are renamed | Whether or not (`Yes` or `No`) zone names are renamed when the names of resources that are part of the name format change. The default setting is `Yes`.
Create aliases | Use aliases instead of WWPN for initiators and targets. Aliases provide meaningful names that are more readable than WWPNs.
Yes | Aliases are generated for all initiators and target groups and used in zoning operations.
No | Aliases are not generated.
Manage pre-existing aliases | Whether or not (`Yes` or `No`) aliases that are not part of the zones that HPE OneView creates are used, renamed, or deleted during zoning operations.
Initiator alias format | Available values: `server profile`, `server profile connection`, and `server initiator WWPN`.
Update initiator aliases as referenced resources are renamed | Whether or not (`Yes` or `No`) initiator aliases are renamed when the names of resources that are part of the name format change. Default: `Yes`
Target alias format | Available values: `storage system`, `storage system port` , `storage system port label`, and `storage system port group`.
Update target aliases and target group aliases as referenced resources are renamed | Whether or not (`Yes` or `No`) target aliases and target group aliases are renamed when the names of resources that are part of the name format change. Default: `No`
Create target group aliases | Whether or not (`Yes` or `No`) target group aliases are generated. Default: `No`
Target group alias format | Available values: `storage system` and `storage system port group`.

##### More information

About SAN zoning
Associate a network with a managed SAN
Map view screen details
Activity screen details
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