MediaVault 4105 User Manual
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Combinations of Hosts, Channels and Arrays
Review Table E-1 for combinations of common hosts, channels, and arrays. Contact Ciprico
Inc technical support for other combinations (The table is based on this assumption: that the
hosts are connected to the left-most ports, with the arrays connected to their immediate
right).
TABLE E-1.
Combinations of Fabric Switch Zoning Hosts, Arrays, and Channels
No. of
Hosts
Host
Description
No. of
Arrays
Array
Description
Recommended Zoning
1
1 channel
1
1 channel
1 zone - (1, 2)
1
2 channel
1
1 channel
1 zone - (1, 2)
[2nd port of host is not used]
1
4 channel
1
1 channel
1 zone - (1, 2)
[only one port from host is used]
1
1 channel/host
1
2 channel
2 zones - (1, 3), (2, 3)
1
2 channel/host
1
2 channel
2 zones - (1, 3), (2, 4)
1
4 channel/host
1
2 channel
2 zones - (1, 3), (2, 4)
[two ports from host is not used]
2
1 channel/host
1
1 channel
2 zones - (1, 3), (2, 3)
2
1x1/1x2 channel
1
1 channel
2 zones - (1, 3), (2, 3)
[2nd channel on 2-channel host is not used]
2
2 channels/host
1
1 channel
2 zones - (1, 3), (2, 3)
[2nd channel on each host is not used]
2
1 channel/host
1
2 channel
4 zones - (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 3), (2, 4)
2
1x1/1x2 channel
1
2 channel
4 zones - (1, 4), (1, 5), (2, 4), (3, 5)
2
2 channels/host
1
2 channel
4 zones - (1, 5), (2, 6), (3, 5), (4, 6)
2
4 channels/host
1
2 channel
4 zones - (1, 5), (2, 6), (3, 5), (4, 6)
[2 channels on each host is not used]
1
1 channel
2
1 channel
2 zones - (1, 2), (1, 3)
1
2 channel
2
1 channel
2 zones - (1, 3), (2, 4)
1
4 channel
2
1 channel
2 zones - (1, 2), (1, 3)
[only one port from host is used]
1
1 channel/host
2
2 channel
4 zones - (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1,6)
1
2 channel/host
2
2 channel
4 zones - (1, 3), (1, 5), (2, 4), (2, 6)
1
4 channel/host
2
2 channel
4 zones - (1, 5), (2, 6), (3, 7), (4, 8)
