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Re: Advantages of zoning

 
Pulse001
Regular Advisor

Advantages of zoning

Hi ,
i am new to SAN. Can somebody please explain the advantages of using zoning in my SAN environment ?
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V├нctor Cesp├│n
Honored Contributor

Re: Advantages of zoning

Zoning is needed to separate different operating systems and devices that do not need to communicate. Not doing any zoning can lead to data transfer problems and even EVA controller reboots.

What we advise always is to create a zone for each pair of devices, for example:

- HBA1 + EVA3000
- HBA1 + EVA4000
- HBA1 + MSL6060
- HBA2 + EVA3000
- HBA2 + EVA4000
- HBA2 + MSL6060
...

Never put an MSL and a EVA in the same zone for example, they do not need to talk directly.

You better read this:
http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00403562/c00403562.pdf
Pulse001
Regular Advisor

Re: Advantages of zoning

Thanks for the reply.
Now my basic doubts are clear.

Thanks once again for such a good reply.
Pulse001
Regular Advisor

Re: Advantages of zoning

now i have got docs for basic understanding of SAN