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Zoning
SANbox-8/16 Switch Management
2-84 SANsurfer Switch Management 59010-06 Rev. A User’s Manual
If a zone is defined by WWN, a device may be relocated anywhere in the
fabric (within the same hard zone) and still be seen by all other devices
defined within that name server zone.
Name Server Zone WWN information about every device in the fabric is
stored in non-volatile RAM on each switch in the fabric.
• SL_Port Zones
(SANbox-8 and SANbox-16) SL Zones on the SANbox-8 and SANbox-16
allow the division of the fabric (one or more Switch chassis) into fabric-wide
zones that define the ports that may communicate with each other. A particu-
lar port may be placed in only one Hard Zone (no overlapping Hard Zones).
If Hard Zones are enabled, SL zones may not cross the defined Hard Zone
boundaries. In the event that a hard zone is defined that causes ports within
the same SL zone to appear in different hard zones, the SL zone will be split.
When the SL zone is split, the zones will have the same identifying values for
the SL zone name or number.
An SL zone may only contain 32 or fewer ports with 126 or fewer total
devices.
Hard Zone Rules (MKII-8 and MKII-16)
1. A Hard Zone is only valid if it is enabled.
2. Hard Zones apply only to single stage switch fabrics (one chassis).
3. There is a maximum of four Hard Zones (8-port or 16-port switch).
4. All ports in a physical group must be in the same Hard Zone. Hard Zones
must follow physical group-boundaries.
• The following port-groups define the boundaries for a MKII-8 Switch:
1,2 3,4 5,6 7,8
MKII-8 Switch Zone examples:
- Ports 1,2,3, and 4 in one zone, ports 5 and 6 in a second zone, and
ports 7 and 8 in a third zone.
- Ports 1,2,5,6,7 and 8 in one zone, ports 3 and 4 in a second zone.
• The following port-groups define the boundaries for a MKII-16
Switch:
1,2,3,4 5,6,7,8 9,10,11,12 13,14,15,16
MKII-16 Switch Zone examples:
- Ports 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in one zone, ports 9, 10, 11, and 12
in a second zone, and ports 13, 14, 15, and 16 in a third zone.