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Heterogeneous SAN Con figurations
HeterogeneousSANs are SANs that include multiple operating systemenvironments.
Eachoperating system environment must be in a separate zone.However, Windows
NT andW indows200 0 serverscan reside in the same or separate zones. NetWare
serversmust reside in a separate zone, each PowerVault530F configuration must
residein a separate zone, and each MSCS clusterpair must reside in a separate zone.
Table2-4 lists the maximum number ofdevices that are supported in asingle hetero-
geneousSAN configuration.
NOTE:Windows servers, Windows NT MSCS cluster pairs, Windows 2000 MSCS
clusterpairs, and NetWare servers must all be in separate fabric zones.NetWare
serverscannot share the same storage systems with Windows servers or MSCS
clusterpairs. Windows NT and Windows 2000 servers can share the same zone and
storagesystems. Although Windows servers and MSCS cluster pairs must be in sep-
aratezones, they can share the same storage system,but not the same LUN.

Table 2-4. Supported Heterogeneous SAN Configurations

Components Supported Maximums Conditions/Requirements
Servers Maximumof 20 serv-
ers;a maximum of 24
serversfor a backup-
onlySAN.
EachMSCS pair with its PowerVault
650F,651F,or 660F storage system
mustbe in its own zone.All Windows
NTor Windows 2000 servers running
StorageConsolidation must be in
theirown zone along with their stor-
agenodes. All NetWare servers must
bein their own zone along with their
associatedstorage nodes (NetWare
4.2and 5.1 may exist in the same
zone).See the Release Notes located
onthe
DellPowerVault Fibre Channel
Utilities CD
or the
Dell PowerVault
FibreChannel Update CD
,the
Dell
PowerEdgeCluster F-SeriesSAN
Guide,
the
DellPowerEdge Cluster
FE100/FL100and FE200/FL200
Installationand Troubleshooting
Guide
,orthe
Dell PowerVaultStora ge
AreaNet work(SAN) Version 4.0
Revision Compatibility Guide
at
http://support.dell.comfor the
latestlist of servers and revision
levelsrequired.
Hostbus
adapters
(HBAs)
Maximumof two HBAs
perser ver.
Allowsamaximumof40HBAsina
SANand 48 HBAs in a backup-only
SAN.