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c. Port zoning can be confusing in a multi-vendor environment
because OEMs implement zoning in different ways. When
zoning with vendor-specific SAN management applications,
zone through port WWNs, not node (device) WWNs.
d. Ensure devices are physically connected before importing
their node (device) WWNs to a router. If a fabric port is
port-zoned with nothing connected to the port, the zone
member is invisible to the router until a device is connected to
the port and explicitly imported to the router. If a device is
disconnected or reconnected to a port-zoned fabric port, a
zone update is not generated at a remote fabric (to remove the
associated WWN-zoned device).
e. If router-attached directors and fabric switches have zoning
licences and the zone policy is set to Append IPS Zones at the
SANvergence Manager application, all zone licences must be
enabled.
f. If router-attached directors and fabric switches have zoning
licences and the zone policy is set to No Zone
Synchronization at the SANvergence Manager application,
some fabric elements may be able to operate with the zone
licences disabled. Operation is vendor-specific.
g. When a device is zoned through the router CLI or
SANvergence Manager application, the device is visible to all
router-attached fabrics. When a device is zoned through a
Fibre Channel SAN management application, the device is
invisible to remote fabrics.
h. Some vendor-specific SAN management applications cannot
display devices outside the local fabric. In such a case, the
zone policy must be set to Append IPS Zones at the
SANvergence Manager application.
15. Feature conflicts - SAN routers cannot attach to McDATA fabrics
with the SANtegrity Binding feature (including both fabric
binding and switch binding), OpenTrunking feature, or Enterprise
Fabric Mode enabled. These features must be disabled before
connecting the router. In addition, SAN routers do not support
FICON cascading or FICON routing.
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