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Connecting devices and completing the setup

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Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 EZSwitchSetup uses these values to verify that all your current and planned devices are properly connected for the zoning scheme that will be created. Note that Typical Zoning ensures that every connected host device will be able to communicate with every connected storage device. 3. Click Next. The Configure Ports and Connect Devices window is displayed (Figure 16 on page 22). FIGURE 15 Specify Devices window Connecting devices and completing the setup The final step in the switch configuration is to connect your devices to the switch in a way that matches a configured array of connection reservations (HBA or storage) on the ports. In the interactive switch graphic that is displayed on the Configure Ports and Connect Devices window, these connection reservations are shown by the letters H or S against a blue or green background on the ports, and will automatically match the types of the devices that have already been connected, with existing connections shown as green lines that connect the ports with icons representing the devices. If you have indicated on the previous screen that you intend to connect more devices, connection reservations of matching types will also have been made for your planned devices, with dotted blue lines to show you where these devices should be attached. Finally, as you attach the new devices, the dotted blue lines will change to solid green (for correctly attached devices) or to solid red (when devices are attached at ports with non-matching reservations). When a red line appears, the mismatch may be corrected either by moving the device to a different port as suggested by a dotted blue line for a device of that type, or by changing the reservation type of the port where the device is currently connected by clicking on the port icon. In either case, the solid red and dotted blue lines should both disappear, and be replaced by a single solid green line to indicate the correct connection. For connected devices, you can also view details of the device by pausing on the host or storage icon. The Next button for this screen is not enabled until all non-matching or missing connection issues (indicated by solid red and dotted blue lines) have been resolved. EZSwitchSetup Administrator's Guide 21 53-1002744-01

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide
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53-1002744-01
Connecting devices and completing the setup
2
EZSwitchSetup uses these values to verify that all your current and planned devices are
properly connected for the zoning scheme that will be created. Note that Typical Zoning
ensures that every connected host device will be able to communicate with every connected
storage device.
3.
Click
Next
. The
Configure Ports and Connect Devices
window is displayed (
Figure 16
on
page 22).
FIGURE 15
Specify Devices window
Connecting devices and completing the setup
The final step in the switch configuration is to connect your devices to the switch in a way that
matches a configured array of connection reservations (HBA or storage) on the ports. In the
interactive switch graphic that is displayed on the
Configure Ports and Connect Devices
window,
these connection reservations are shown by the letters
H
or
S
against a blue or green background
on the ports, and will automatically match the types of the devices that have already been
connected, with existing connections shown as green lines that connect the ports with icons
representing the devices. If you have indicated on the previous screen that you intend to connect
more devices, connection reservations of matching types will also have been made for your
planned devices, with dotted blue lines to show you where these devices should be attached.
Finally, as you attach the new devices, the dotted blue lines will change to solid green (for correctly
attached devices) or to solid red (when devices are attached at ports with non-matching
reservations). When a red line appears, the mismatch may be corrected either by moving the
device to a different port as suggested by a dotted blue line for a device of that type, or by changing
the reservation type of the port where the device is currently connected by clicking on the port icon.
In either case, the solid red and dotted blue lines should both disappear, and be replaced by a
single solid green line to indicate the correct connection. For connected devices, you can also view
details of the device by pausing on the host or storage icon.
The
Next
button for this screen is not enabled until all non-matching or missing connection issues
(indicated by solid red and dotted blue lines) have been resolved.