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Zoning limits and enforcement
Table 52 lists the zoning limits for C-series Fibre Channel switches. (See also “ Zoning ” on page 421.)
Table 52 Zoning limits for C-series Fibre Channel switches
Description
1
Rule
nl
number
Maximum number of zones for a fabric with VSANs is 8,000. 1
Maximum number of zone members for a fabric with VSANs is 20,000. 2
1
Note: VSANs and IVR are not supported on the MDS 9020. IVR is not supported on the MDS 9124, MDS 9124e, and MDS
9134.
Table 53 describes zoning enforcement for C-series Fibre Channel switches.
Table 53 Zoning enforcement for C-series Fibre Channel switches
Comments Enforcement Configuration Switch
Hard zoning Access authorization at
frame level in hardware Defines zones using
Domain ID and port
number
Defines zones using
WWNs only
Defines zones using
Domain ID and port
number with WWNs MDS 9506
MDS 9509
MDS 9513
MDS
9216/9216A/9216i
MDS 9222i
MDS 9120
MDS 9140
MDS 9124
MDS 9124e
MDS 9134
Soft zoning
Name Server directory-
based authentication
pWWN
FC alias MDS 9020
C-series VSAN high availability
Figure 47 shows a typical high-availability configuration with server and storage connections to
different fabrics. It provides two paths for data access between servers and storage. The addition of
an ISL between Fabric A and Fabric B enables you to manage both fabrics through a single
management server. This configuration is classified as a level 3 high-availability configuration. See
“
Data availability ” on page 53 for information about SAN data availability levels.
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