Document Outline

• Contents
• About this Guide
  • Overview
    • Intended Audience
    • Related Documentation
  • Conventions
    • Document Conventions
      • Table 1: Document Conventions
    • Text Symbols
  • Getting Help
    • HP Technical Support
    • HP Storage Website
    • HP Authorized Reseller
• Introducing Zoning
  • Overview
    • Customizing Environments
    • Optimizing Resources
  • License Activation
    • License Activation Using Telnet
      • Figure 1: License activation using telnet
    • License Activation Using Web Tools
• Zoning Concepts
  • About Zoning
    • Figure 2: Fabric with three zones
  • Guidelines to Setting Up Zoning
  • Zone Definitions
    • Zone Objects
      • Selecting Ports on the Core Switch 2/64
        • Table 2: Area and Port Mappings (Continued)
    • Zone Objects and Aliases
      • Zone Objects
      • Zone Aliases
    • Zone Configurations
  • Zone Management
    • Commands to Open a Transaction
    • Commands to Close a Transaction
  • Zoning Schemes
    • Zone Enforcement
      • Figure 3: PortZoneShow output
  • Implementing Zoning
    • Create and Enable a Basic Zone Configuration
    • Detailed Zone Configuration Procedures
      • Review Current Configurations
      • Create an Alias
      • Define a Zone
      • Define a Zone Configuration
      • Analyze the Zone Configuration
      • Enable a Zone Configuration
      • Review The Enabled Configuration
  • Modifying Configurations
    • Before Merging Zones
    • Adding a New Switch
    • Adding a New Fabric
    • Merging and Segmentation
      • Merging Rules
    • Merging Two Fabrics
    • Merging with a V4.1 Fabric
    • Merge Conflicts
    • Splitting a Fabric
  • Zone Merging Scenarios
    • Table 3: Zone Merging Scenarios (Continued)
    • Resolving Zone Conflicts
  • Rules of Zoning Architecture
• Using QuickLoop Zones
  • QuickLoop Zones
  • QuickLoop Zoning Advantages
  • Configuring QuickLoop Zones
    • Create a QuickLoop
    • Define a QuickLoop Zone
      • To Specify by Looplet
      • To Specify by AL_PA
      • To specify a Combination of looplet and AL_PA
    • Define a QuickLoop Zone Configuration
  • QuickLoop Fabric Assist
  • Fabric Assist Zone Setup
    • Fabric Assist Zone Creation
    • Fabric Assist Operation
    • LIP Propagation
    • Fabric Assist Debugging
• Zoning Concepts and Guidelines
  • Storage Area Networks
  • Zoning
  • Zone Management
  • Zoning Implementations
    • Host-Based Zoning
    • Storage-Based Zoning
    • Fabric-Based Zoning
  • Fabric-Based Zoning Philosophies
    • No Fabric Zoning
    • Zoning by Application
    • Zoning by Operating System
    • Port allocation
    • Single HBA
  • The Effect of Zoning on RSCN Delivery
    • Table 4: RSCN Delivery
  • Implementing Zoning
    • Naming Convention
    • Implementing Zoning on an Existing Fabric
  • Deviations from Single HBA Zoning
  • Hardware-Enforced Zoning in an HP Fabric
    • Fabrics Composed of Only StorageWorks 1 Gb SAN Switch Models
    • Fabrics Composed of StorageWorks 2 Gb SAN Switch and StorageWorks Core Switch Models
    • Fabrics Composed of 1 Gb SAN, 2 Gb SAN, and Core Switch Models
    • Best Practices for Hardware Zone Enforcement
• Using Zoning to Administer Security
• Glossary
• Index
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