Admin Domain Features; Fabric With Two Admin Domains; Filtered Fabric Views - HP AA979A - StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V Administrator's Manual

Figure 2

Fabric with two admin domains

Figure 3 shows how users get a filtered view of this fabric, depending on which Admin Domain they are in.
Users can see all switches and E_Ports in the fabric, regardless of their Admin Domain; however, the switch
ports and end devices are filtered based on Admin Domain membership.
Figure 3

Filtered fabric views

Admin domain features

Admin Domains allow you to:
• Define the scope of an Admin Domain to encompass ports and devices within a switch or a fabric.
• Share resources across multiple Admin Domains. For example, you can share array ports and tape
drives between multiple departments. One of the storage devices is shared between AD1 and AD2,
see Figure
• Have a separate zone database for each Admin Domain. See
databases" on page 146 for more information.
128 Managing administrative domains
AD1
AD2
Fabric Visible to AD1 User
2.
Fabric Visible to AD2 User
"Admin Domains, zones, and zone