McDATA ULTRANETTM EDGE STORAGE ROUTER 3000 User Manual

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9

Configuring Tape Device Extension

9-3

Network Configuration Examples

Example of
Bi-directional
Configuration with
Zoning

Figure 8-2 provides an example of a bi-directional configuration
using FC/SCSI Tape Pipelining. Table 8-1 defines the Fibre Channel
switch zones required for this example. No static Edge LUN mapping
is required for this configuration. See the “Required Fibre Channel
Switch Zoning” section on page -4 to determine when zoning is
necessary.

Figure 9-2

Bi-directional FC/SCSI Tape Pipelining - with Zoning

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Server A

Server B

UltraNet Edge

Storage Router

Node 10

UltraNet Edge

Storage Router

Node 20

Media

Change 2

r

Tape

Drives

Tape A1
Tape A2
Tape B1

Media

Changer 1

Tape B2

Tape

Drives

Fibre

Channel
Switch 2

Fibre

Channel
Switch 1

Table 9-1

Fibre Channel Switch Zoning Definitions for Figure 8-2

Fibre Channel
Switch

Zone

Device

FC Switch 1

Zone 1

Server A, Edge 10

Zone 2

Edge 10, Tape B2, Media Changer 1

FC Switch 2

Zone 1

Server B, Edge 20

Zone 2

Server B, Tape B1, Media Changer 2

Zone 3

Edge 20, Tape A1, Tape A2, Media Changer 2

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