Virtual Fabrics Considerations For Traffic Isolation Zoning; Figure 42 Dedicated Path With Virtual Fabrics - HP StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

Virtual Fabrics considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning

This section describes how TI zones work with Virtual Fabrics. See
Virtual Fabrics,"
logical fabrics.
TI zones can be created in a logical fabric like in regular fabrics, with the following exceptions:
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The TI zone in the logical fabric includes the extended XISL (XISL) port numbers, as well as the
F_Ports and ISLs in the logical fabric.
The TI zone in the base fabric reserves XISLs for a particular logical fabric. The base fabric TI zone
should also include ISLs that belong to logical switches participating in the logical fabric.
Figure 42
dedicated path between initiator and target. The dedicated path passes through the base fabric
over an XISL.
dedicated path, you must create a TI zone in the logical fabric (FID 1) and one in the base fabric.
Host
Chassis 1
FIGURE 42
Figure 43
must create and activate a TI zone in FID1 that includes the circled ports shown in
Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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for information about the Virtual Fabrics feature, including logical switches and
The disable failover option is not supported in logical fabrics that use XISLs.
Although logical switches that use XISLs allow the creation of a TI zone with failover disabled,
this is not a supported configuration. Base switches do not allow the creation of a TI zone with
failover disabled.
To create a TI zone for a logical fabric that uses XISLs, you must create two TI zones: one in the
logical fabric and one in the base fabric. The combination of TI zones in the base fabric and
logical fabric sets the path through the base fabric for logical switches.
shows an initiator and target in a logical fabric (FID1). The dotted line indicates a
(Figure 42 shows only physical ISLs, not logical ISLs.) To create the TI zones for this
Domain 8
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LS3, FID1
Domain 3
LS4, FID3
Domain 4
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Base switch
Domain 1
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= Dedicated Path
= Ports in the TI zones
Dedicated path with Virtual Fabrics
shows a logical representation of FID1 in

Virtual Fabrics considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning

Domain 7
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Chapter 10, "Managing
Domain 9
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LS1, FID1
Domain 5
LS2, FID3
Domain 6
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Base switch
Domain 2
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42. To create the dedicated path, you
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Target
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Chassis 2
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