SANs screen details

The state of the SAN.

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.

(FCoE and FC + FCoE)

The VLAN ID of the SAN.

The switch that controls the fabric services and assigns domain IDs to member switches.

Only available for managed SANs.

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.

The networks associated with the SAN. Each network name is a link to the details of that network.

Indicates whether or not the SAN is zoned; can be No zoning (open zoned) or Zoned.

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.

Indicates the structure of the zones HPE OneView creates on the SAN.

Displays the user-defined format HPE OneView uses to create zone names.

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

Indicates whether or not aliases are generated during zoning operations.

An alias defines a group of endpoints.

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.

Displays the user-defined format HPE OneView uses to create server profile initiator aliases.

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

Displays the user-defined format HPE OneView uses to create storage system target aliases.

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

Whether or not (Yes or No) target group aliases are generated.

Default: No

Displays the user-defined format HPE OneView uses to create storage system target port group aliases.

Downloads a gzipped CSV formatted table of the currently displayed SAN endpoints.

The name of the endpoint. The endpoint name format depends on the type of endpoint:

Unmanaged endpoints do not have an endpoint name. Endpoints without a name are identified by the endpoint WWPN.

The WWPN of the target or initiator.

The alias of the endpoint, if available.

Indicates whether or not the device port is currently logged into the SAN fabric services; can be Yes or No.

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.

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.

The VLAN ID assigned to the SAN.

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.

Indicates the structure of the zones HPE OneView creates on the SAN.

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 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.

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.

Use aliases instead of WWPN for initiators and targets. Aliases provide meaningful names that are more readable than WWPNs.

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.

Available values: server profile, server profile connection, and server initiator WWPN.

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

Available values: storage system, storage system port , storage system port label, and storage system port group.

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

Whether or not (Yes or No) target group aliases are generated.

Default: No

Available values: storage system and storage system port group.