HP StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.X Administrator Guide (AA-RVHDD-TE, February 2006)
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7 Creating and maintaining zones
This chapter provides procedures for using XPath OS zoning in the following sections:
• Zoning terminology, page 86
• Zoning enforcement, page 86
• Configuring zones, page 87
You can use zones to create logical subsets of the fabric to accommodate environments such as closed user
groups or functional areas within the fabric. Any zone object connected to the fabric can be included in
one or more zones. Zone objects can communicate only with other objects in the same zone. For example,
consider Figure 18, which shows that:
• Three zones are configured, named Red, Green, and Blue.
• Loop 1 is a member of both the Red zone and the Green zone. Both Server 1 and Server 3 have access
to Loop 1. Server 1 and Server 3 do not have access to each other.
• Loop 2 is not a member of any zone and is therefore inaccessible to other devices in the fabric.
• Server 2 can access the RAID 1 and RAID 2 devices, but not Loop 1, Server 1, or Server 3.
• The RAID 1 device is a member of the Blue zone and the Green zone. Server 2 and Server 3 have
access to it, but Server 1 does not.
• Only Server 2 has access to the RAID 2 device.
Figure 18 Sample zone configuration
A zone member can be specified by using a domain,port pair, node WWN, or the port WWN. The
mechanisms needed to enforce zoning are discussed next.
NOTE: Zones used with an MP Router have additional member naming requirements. Use port WWNs
for Fibre Channel attached nodes with MP Router LSAN zones.
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