McDATA Eclipse 2640 SAN, Administration And Configuration Manual

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Configuring RADs and mSAN Connections
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Example Configuration and Procedures
As soon as the zone configuration is activated from SANvergence
Manager (by clicking
Commit
), the zone set is also registered with the
fabric zone server. Since you created the router zone set during the
R_Port configuration process, the new zone set is also activated in the
fabric.
Configuration Notes for All R_Ports on the Same Fabric
• E_D_TOV and R_A_TOV values must be the same.
• Domain IDs must be different. However, IDs can be the same on
two different fabrics.
• World Wide Node Name (WWNN)-based zoning is not
supported. In order to maintain interoperability between the
McDATA fabric and third party fabrics, ensure that “soft” zoning
on the fabric side is done using World Wide Port Names of
devices instead of World Wide Node Names of devices.
Guidelines for Using Zone Policy
The following are guidelines for using zone policy:
•
Append Router Zones
is the default setting when an R_Port is first
configured.
•
No Zone Synchronization
may be preferred if the native FC SAN
management utility is used for configuring zoning. This is
especially true if all the devices reside in the fabric (the devices
are not directly attached to SAN Router ports).
Any device zoned by SANvergence Manager is visible to all
fabrics, whereas unzoned devices are invisible. With
No Zone
Synchronization
in effect, it is only necessary to create one zone
that contains all the devices that need to be shared between
fabrics. There is no need to duplicate the actual zoning
configuration present in each of the fabrics.
• In mixed mode environments, with some devices attached to
SAN Router ports and others residing on fabrics, it is
recommended that
Append Router Zones
be used instead of the
No
Zone Synch
option as the configuration process is more involved.
• FC SAN management utilities from some FC switch vendors may
not be capable of displaying devices outside the local fabric. In
this case, use
Append Router Zones
zoning policy.