HP HSG Array Controller - Manual (Page 108)

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Chapter
6
Zoning
Zoning Overview
This chapter discusses general information about managing and monitoring the
Switch using Zoning, as follows
■ Zoning Components
■ Zone Management
■ Zone Enforcement
■ Multi Switch Fabrics.
Zoning is used to setup barriers between different operating environments, to
deploy logical Fabric subsets by creating defined user groups, or to create test
and/or maintenance areas that are separate within the Fabric.
Zoning allows you the flexibility to manage a SAN to meet different closed
user groups objectives.
Figure 6-1 shows a typical use of Zoning. Zoning is a Fabric management
service used to create logical device subsets within a Storage Area Network
(SAN), and enables resource partitioning for management and access control.