User`s manual

Table Of Contents
Preliminary
Introduction
SANbox-16STD Fibre Channel Switch
5-4 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59012-03 Rev. A Installer’s/User’s Manual
Zoning in a Multi-Chassis Switch
SANbox Switch chassis support fabric-wide zones for all zone types. Broadcast,
and Name Server zones require no special consideration in a multi-chassis fabric.
T_Ports are not zoned.
Hard Zones, however, require zoned T_Port interconnections between chassis
which contain ports in the same Hard Zone. That is, if a particular Hard Zone is
distributed across chassis boundaries, each piece of that Hard Zone and its inter-
connecting T_Ports must be assigned to the same Hard Zone number. This makes
interconnections between pieces of the same Hard Zone much like the interconnec-
tion of chassis.
NOTE:
Mixing of topologies is not allowed. If the topology of the chassis is Multi-
stage, then the interconnection of the Hard Zones must also be accomplished
in Multistage topology.
Hard zoning and Name Server zoning by world wide name (WWN) are not
supported for SANbox/MKII fabrics.