Compaq 230934-002, Switch 6 manual Assigning Zone Members to Zones, Assigning Zones to Zone Sets

MSA Fabric Switch 6 Management Utility

Assigning Zone Members to Zones

To add the Zone Members to the desired Zones, select the desired Zone Member and use the drag-and-drop technique to add it to the desired Zone.

Assigning Zones to Zone Sets

To add the Zones to the desired Zone Set, select the desired Zone and use the drag-and-drop technique to add it to the desired Zone Set.

Activating the Zone Set

To activate and apply the Zone Set:

1.Right-click the desired Zone Set and select Activate. The active Zone Set is shown in bold on the screen.

2.Click Apply.

The selected Zone Set is now the active Zone Set used by the switch.

Example Zoning Configuration

Assume the following:

•Server1 needs to access Disk1 exclusively for Operating System boot (OS Boot).

•Server1 needs to access Raid1 for shared storage.

•Server1 needs to access Tape1 for backup.

•Server2 needs to access Disk2 exclusively for Operating System boot.

•Server2 needs to access Raid1 for shared storage.

•Server2 needs to access Tape1 for backup.

Before you begin to configure your zoning, you must first define the zone members, zones, and zone sets that you will need.

Table 3 lists the zone members, zones, and zone sets being used in this example and indicates what members the zones and the zone sets contain.

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