Zoning Limits And Enforcement; Zoning Guidelines For B-Series Fibre Channel Switches; Zoning Enforcement For B-Series Fibre Channel Switches And Mp Router Lsans - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Zoning limits and enforcement

Table 35 describes zoning enforcement for B-series Fibre Channel switches and MP Router LSANs. (See also
"Zoning" on page 421.)
Table 35 Zoning enforcement for B-series Fibre Channel switches and MP Router LSANs
Switches or routers
HP StorageWorks
Encryption SAN Switch
DC SAN Backbone Director
DC04 SAN Director
SAN Director 2/128, 4/256 Core Switch 2/64
SAN Switch 8/8, 8/24, 8/40, 8/80
EVA4400 Embedded Switch Module, 8 Gb Brocade
Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem
SAN Switch 2/32, 4/8, 4/16, 4/32B, 4/32, 4/64
1606 Extension SAN Switch
DC Dir Switch MP Extension Blade
400 MP Router, MP Router Blade, MP Router
SAN Switch 2/8-EL, 2/8V, 2/16, 2/16-EL, 2/16V,
2/16N, 2/16N FF
HP reseller
FC-8B
FC-16B
Compaq StorageWorks
SAN Switch 8
SAN Switch 8-EL
SAN Switch 16
SAN Switch 16-EL
SAN Switch Integrated/32
SAN Switch Integrated/64 (6164)
Switches that support QuickLoop
1
400 MP Router, MP Router Blade, and MP Router LSAN zones support WWN-based zoning only.

Zoning guidelines for B-series Fibre Channel switches

To configure B-series Fibre Channel switch zoning, observe the following best practices:
128 B-series switches and fabric rules
Configuration
Define zones
nl
using domain
nl
number and
nl
port number
Define zones
nl
using WWNs only
Define zones
nl
using
nl
combination of do-
main/port numbers
and WWNs
1
Define zones
nl
using domain
nl
number, port number
Define zones using
WWNs only
Define zones
nl
using
nl
combination of do-
main/port numbers
and WWNs
Define zones
nl
using ALPAs,
nl
domain/port numbers,
or
nl
combination thereof
Enforcement
Access Hard zoning
nl
authorization at frame
level in hardware
Name Server Soft zoning, Name
nl Servers discovery-based
directory-based au-
nl
thentication, authentication, and login
nl nl
login authentication protection
Hard zoning
Access
nl
authorization at frame
level in hardware
Name Server Soft zoning
nl
directory-based au-
thentication
Hard zoning
Implemented in hard-
ware tables; access
prevented by hard-
ware between
nl
unauthorized devices
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