HP StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.X Administrator Guide (AA-RVHDD-TE, February 2006)

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The MP Router zone server implementation complies with Fabric OS 2.6.x, 3.x, and 4.x. In multiswitch
configurations, the MP Router also complies with the FC-SW2 zone server specification. The maximum
number of members allowed in the zone server depends on the size of the zone database; the effective
zone database can have a maximum of 4096 zone members and 1024 zones (including fabric assisted
zones). The maximum zoning database size is 128 KB.
Standards and zoning compatibility
In a multiswitch fabric configuration with HP switches, a change to a zone definition is not reflected in other
switches until the configuration that contains that zone is enabled. This feature complies with FC-SW2
standards.
Although software enforcement is standards-based and hardware enforcement is proprietary, there is no
standards-based method of exchanging zone information between conforming and nonconforming
methods. For example, HP Fabric OS-based switches provide hardware enforcement by maintaining, at the
target egress port, a list of switch ports permitted to communicate with the target.
Configuring zones
The following procedure outlines basic zone configuration and includes an example of configuring zones
on multiple fabrics for an LSAN zone. Table 9 on page 89 describes zoning commands.
The MP Router can be included in zones using either domain,port or WWN naming. Fabric OS
switches and XPath OS MP Routers enforce hard zoning for both WWN and domain,port zone object
naming. However, if a zone configuration on one switch uses WWN naming and an identical zone
configuration on another switch uses domain,port naming, the configurations do not merge, and the
fabric segments. If you use domain,port naming, HP recommends that you use the configure
command to set the domain ID so that it persists across reboots, power cycles, failovers, and fabric
reconfiguration.
The zone configuration is stored in the configuration file. This enables you to upload and download the
zoning configuration as a text file and to export a zone configuration to another switch easily.
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. Each zone object defined—alias, zone,
zone configuration—must have a unique name. Include a space after each comma in zoning commands
that contain commas.
Implementing zoning
1. Review the existing zoning configurations using the cfgShow command.
2. Create an alias:
3. Create zones:
4. Create a zone configuration:
router:admin> alicreate “host1”, “1,6”
Alias Create Successful
router:admin> zonecreate “zone1”, ”host1”
Zone Create Successful
router:admin> zonecreate “zone2”, ”1,7”
Zone Create Successful
router:admin> cfgcreate “backupcfg”, ”zone1;zone2”
Cfg Create Successful