ATTO Technology 3400 operation manual Invalid Switching Patterns, Hub ports

FibreCenter 3400 Switching Patterns

A-B switch model

				Hub ports
Zone	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7	P8
1	✓	✓
1	✓		✓
1	✓			✓
1	✓				✓
1	✓					✓
1	✓						✓
1	✓							✓
2	✓	✓
2	✓		✓
2	✓			✓
3					✓	✓
3					✓		✓
3					✓			✓

Invalid Switching Patterns

Zone	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7	P8	Reason:
any	✓	✓	✓						must be 1-1 map
2	✓							✓	P8 not in zone 2
3				✓	✓				P4 not in zone 3

Exhibit 6-1 Single zone configuration (Zone 1), an eight-port hub configuration. Ports 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 may access port 1, but only one at a time, under control of the commands Setup and Switch.

Zone 1

Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 Port 6 Port 7 Port 8

Host Host Host Host Host Host Host

Disk array

Exhibit 6-2 Dual-zone configuration (Zone 2 and Zone 3) as designated by the Setup and Switch commands. Each zone is independent of the other, and so may be configured to run at different or the same speeds: 1 Gigabit or 2 Gigabit. Ports 2, 3 and 4 may access port 1, but only one at a time. Ports 6, 7 and 8 may access port 5, but only one at a time.

		Zone 2					Zone 3
Port 1	Port 2		Port 3	Port 4	Port 5	Port 6		Port 7	Port 8

Host	Host	Host
Disk array		Disk array

Host Host Host

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