Fabric Zoning; Zoning Basics; Controlling Access Across A Fabric - HP 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual

This chapter explains how to:
• Zone fabrics
• Use zoning features and dialog boxes

Zoning Basics

NOTE: Designing zoning can be a complex task, especially for multiswitch fabrics. Refer to
HP's professional services organization before configuring zoning.
This section is designed to help you understand the following concepts so that you can
more efficiently use HAFM features to configure and manage zones across a
multiswitch fabric:
• Benefits of zoning.
• How zoning works to control access to storage devices and servers across a fabric.
• Other methods of controlling access at the Switch, server, and device (such as
binding).
• Merging zoned fabrics.
• Basic concepts of zoning that you must deal with in configuring zoning such as
zones, zone sets, active zones, default zones, and zoning libraries.

Controlling Access Across a Fabric

The fabric zoning feature enables you to partition devices attached to managed Fibre
Channel products into groups called zones. A zone contains devices that can access
one another through port-to-port connections. Devices in the same zone can recognize
and communicate with one another; devices in different zones cannot.
System administrators create zones to increase security measures and prevent data loss
or corruption by controlling access between devices (such as servers and data storage
units), or between separate user groups (such as engineering or human resources).
Zoning allows an administrator to:
ha-fabric manager user guide

Fabric Zoning

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