Product guide

Creating, mapping, and masking Symmetrix thin devices to a host 215
Virtual Provisioning of Your Symmetrix Devices
are automatically mapped and masked and accessible to the hosts. It provides an
easier and faster way to provision storage in Symmetrix V-Max™ storage arrays
running Enginuity 5874.
Mapping and masking thin devices using Auto-provisioning groups
To map and mask thin devices using Auto-provisioning groups, the System
Administrator performs the following tasks:
1. From the Ionix ControlCenter Console tree selects and right-clicks the Symmetrix
array that is running on Enginuity 5874.
2. Selects Masking , Masking View Maintenance, Create Masking View (SMC) and
displays the Masking View Management – Create dialog screen (Figure 193 on
page 215 and Figure 194 on page 216).
Figure 193 Navigating to the create masking view