Zoning Through A Single Fibre Channel Managed Product - HP 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual

Fabric Zoning
• Establish barriers between devices that use different operating systems. For
example, it is often critical to separate servers and storage devices with different
operating systems because accidental transfer of information from one to another
can delete or corrupt data. Zoning prevents this accidental transfer of information
by grouping devices that use the same operating systems into zones.
• Create logical subsets of closed user groups. Administrators can authorize access
rights to specific zones for specific user groups, thereby protecting confidential
data from unauthorized access.
• Create groups of devices that are separate from devices in the rest of a fabric.
Zoning allows certain processes (such as maintenance or testing) to be performed
on devices in one group without interrupting devices in other groups.
• Allow temporary access between devices for specific purposes. Administrators
can remove zoning restrictions temporarily (for example, to perform nightly data
backup), then restore zoning restrictions to return to normal processes.
Figure 6–1
devices in each zone. Devices in each zone can communicate with and access devices
only in their respective zones.
ZONE 1
ZONE 2
ZONE 3 ZONE 3
ZONE 3
Figure 6–1: Zoning through a single Fibre Channel managed product
6–2
illustrates three zones established on a single managed product with four
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