Dell F-Series manual Zone

Zone 1

server 1 server 2 server 3 server 4

	PowerVault
	Fibre Channel
	bridge
PowerVault	PowerVault
56F Fibre	56F Fibre
Channel	Channel
switch 1	switch 2
	PowerVault
	tape library
PowerVault	PowerVault
65xF 1	65xF 2

Zone 2

Figure 1-9. Example of a Two-Cluster Configuration Sharing a PowerVault 130T DLT Library

The example shown in Figure 1-9 contains the following configuration information. Switch fabric 1 comprises switch 1:

•Zone 1 — server 1, server 2, PowerVault 65xF storage system (number 1), and Fibre Channel-to-SCSI bridge

•Zone 2 — server 3, server 4, PowerVault 65xF storage system (number 2), and Fibre Channel-to-SCSI bridge

Switch fabric 2 comprises switch 2:

•Zone 1 — server 1, server 2, and PowerVault 65xF storage system (number 1)

•Zone 2 — server 3, server 4, and PowerVault 65xF storage system (number 2) To implement the zoning in the preceding configuration, perform the following steps:

1.Ensure that the PowerVault 65xF storage system (number 2), server 3, and server 4 are turned off.

2.Configure zone 1 on switch fabric 1 and zone 1 on switch fabric 2.

3.Turn on the PowerVault 65xF storage system (number 2), server 3, and server 4.

4.Configure zone 2 on switch fabric 1 and zone 2 on switch fabric 2.

See the Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide for more information on configur- ing zones on the Fibre Channel switches.

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