Introduction, How this guide is organized, Reference documents – StorageTek StorageNet 4000 User Manual

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About This Document

Introduction

Use this guide for monitoring, configuring, and maintaining a StorageNet Fibre Channel
Switch 4000 through ZONING. You should be knowledgeable about networking in general,
routing and bridging in particular. A clearly defined network and security plan is necessary.
Your security plan should assess the possible risks to your network and define access policies
to deal with those risks.

How This Guide is Organized

This guide is divided into the following chapters:

Chapter 1, “Product Overview,”

provides an overview of ZONING, Zone Management,

Zone Enforcement, and Multi Switch Fabrics.

Chapter 2, “ZONING Concepts,”

describes ZONING components.

Chapter 3, “Using ZONING,”

contains general information on managing and

monitoring a switch and Fabric using ZONING.

Chapter 4, “Zoning Commands,”

describes the commands used to manage zones.

The following appendix is also included in this guide:

Appendix A “Glossary.”

Reference Documents

The following documents contain information related to ZONING:

Fibre Channel Standards. For detailed information on the Fibre Channel standards, see the
Fibre Channel Association web site at http://www.fibrechannel.com.

StorageNet Fibre Channel Switch 4000 Installation and Reference Guide (8946119902)

StorageNet Fibre Channel Switch 4000 WEB TOOLS User’s Guide (8946121602)

StorageNet Fibre Channel Switch 4000 SES User’s Guide (8946121402)

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