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SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch
Installer’s/User’s Manual 59005-03 Rev. A General Description 1-13
Name Server Zoning by World Wide Name
Name server zoning by world wide name (WWN) allows the division of the
fabric into as many as 256 zones that define which devices receive Name
Server information. A particular device may be defined in one or more Name
Server zones. A device will receive Name Server information for all Name
Server 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.
Segmented Loop Zones
Segmented loop zones allow the division of the fabric into as many as 256
zones that define the SL_Ports that may communicate with each other. Each
segmented loop zone can have a maximum of 32 SL_Ports, and each AL_PA
within a segmented loop zone must be unique. You can zone individual
SL_Ports together, or all SL_Ports on a chassis by defining the chassis as an
SL Private Loop stage type. Refer to “SL Private Loop Stage Type” on
page 1-5 for more information. If hard zones are enabled, segmented loop
zones do not cross the defined hard zone boundaries.
• Configure the Mode of each port on the selected chassis. Port Modes include:
- F_Port (Port forced to be an F_Port)
- FL_Port (Port allowed to self-configure as a Public Loop port or an
F_Port)
- SL_Port (Port forced to be a Private Segmented Loop port)
- TL_Port (Port forced to be a Private Translated Loop port)
- F_Ext16, F_Ext24, F_Ext32 (2, 3, or 4 ports configured for extended
credit chaining)
- Off Line (Port forced off line)
- Test (Port forced into test mode)
• Tune any port on the selected chassis to the multi-frame-sequence (MFS)
characteristics of the particular host bus adapter
• View the type of GBIC installed in each port on the selected chassis
• View statistics for each port on the selected chassis
• View Address, WWN, FC-4 Type, and Logged-In status of each Loop Device
connected to any port on the selected chassis