HP 2/8q Fibre Channel manual Zoning configuration

Switch Manager

The zoning limits for a fabric are as follows:

■MaxZoneSets is 256—The maximum number of zone sets that can be configured on the switch. This is enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric.

■MaxZones is 256—The maximum number of zones that can be configured on the switch. This is enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric.

■MaxAliases is 256—The maximum number of aliases that can be configured on the switch. This is enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric.

■MaxTotalMembers is 2000—The maximum number of total zone and alias members that can be configured on the switch. This is enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric. Aliases are considered zone members since they can be added to a zone just like a normal zone member.

■MaxZonesInZoneSets is 1000—The maximum number of zone linkages to zone sets that can be configured on the switch. This is enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric. Every time a zone is added to a zoneset this constitutes a linkage.

■MaxMembersPerZone is 2000—The maximum number of zone members that can be added to any zone on the switch. This is enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric. Aliases are considered zone members when added to a zone.

■MaxMembersPerAlias is 2000—The maximum number of zone members that can be added to any alias on the switch. This is enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric.

Zoning configuration

You can set the Interop Auto Save and Default Visibility zoning configuration parameters using Switch Manager. The Interop Auto Save parameter determines whether changes to the active zone set that a switch receives from another switch in the fabric is saved to permanent memory on that switch. Interop Auto Save is not supported at this time. The Default Visibility parameter permits or prohibits communication among ports/devices when there is no active zone set. See “Using the Zoning Config dialog box” on page 48 for information about zoning configuration using Switch Manager.

HP StorageWorks 2/8q Fibre Channel Switch Management User Guide 47