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Preliminary
Major Switch Management Features
SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch
1-12 General Description 59005-03 Rev. A Installer’s/User’s Manual
• Perform Trace operations to follow selected operations through the selected
chassis
• Read and write memory locations on the selected chassis
• Update the Flash memory on the selected chassis
• Divide the ports or devices into zones for more efficient and secure commu-
nication among functionally grouped nodes.
Hard Zones
Hard zones allow the division of the fabric (one or more Switch chassis) into
as many as 16 fabric-wide zones that define the ports that may communicate
with each other. A port may communicate with any other port that is in the
same hard zone as it is defined. If hard zones cross chassis boundaries in a
multi-stage topology, the interconnecting T_Port, or ports must be placed in
the same hard zone that they interconnect. Refer to Section 5 Multi-Chassis
Fabrics. A particular F, FL, TL, or T_Port may be placed in only one hard
zone (no overlapping hard zones). If hard zones are enabled, broadcast zones
and Name Server zones do not cross the defined hard zone boundaries.
Broadcast Zones
Broadcast zones allow the division of the fabric into as many as 16 zones that
define the ports that receive Broadcasts. A particular F, FL, or TL_Port may
be placed in one or more of these broadcast zones. A port will broadcast to all
ports in the same broadcast zone (or zones) in-which the port is defined. If
hard zones are enabled, broadcast zones do not cross the defined hard zone
boundaries. Broadcast zones may overlap each other. T_Ports are not affected
by broadcast zones.
Name Server Zoning by Port
Name server zoning by port allows the division of the fabric into as many as
256 zones that define the ports that receive Name Server information. A
particular F, FL, or TL_Port may be defined in one or more of Name Server
zones. A port will receive Name Server information for all zones of which it
is a member. If hard zones are enabled, Name Server zones do not cross the
defined hard zone boundaries. Name server zones may overlap each other.
T_Ports are not affected by Name Server zones.