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Table 58 (page 150) describes zoning enforcement for H-series switches.
Table 58 Zoning enforcement for H-series switches
CommentsEnforcementConfigurationSwitch
Hard zoning
1
Access authorization at frame level
in hardware
Define zones using domain
number and port number
HP SN6000 Fibre Channel
Switch
HP 8/20q Fibre Channel
Switch
Hard zoning
1
Access authorization at frame level
in hardware
Define zones using WWNs only
Soft zoning
Name Server directory-based
authentication
Define zones using combination
of domain/port numbers and
WWNs
1
Zoning is hardware enforced only on a switch port or device that is a member of no more than 8 zones whose combined
membership does not exceed 64. Zoning is hardware enforced on a switch port if the number of logged-in devices plus
the number of zone members with access to that port is 64 or less. If these requirements are not met, the port implements
soft zoning.
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