Quantum Scalar i6000, User Manual

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Chapter 3: Configuring Your Library
Configuring Fibre Channel I/O Blades
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Channel Zoning
Channel zoning, also called port zoning, is an optional feature that
configures access to an entire Fibre Channel and all the LUNs on that
channel for the exclusive use of a host or group of hosts on a single
port. Channel zoning enables you to control access between specific
target Fibre Channel (FC) ports and initiator channels on an I/O blade in
your library. If you make changes to the channel zoning settings, you
must reboot the I/O blade for the new settings to take effect.
Caution: If you change channel zoning after host computers or
applications have already discovered devices, you must
make sure that device discovery occurs again. Device
discovery could occur automatically when you reboot the
library. Some host computers have plug and play capability,
which can discover devices automatically. Host applications
might discover devices automatically.
1 Log on as an administrator.
2 Make sure that you are viewing the physical library. From the View
menu, click the name of the physical library.
3 Click Setup > Blades > Access > Channel Zoning . The Channel
Zoning dialog box appears.
4 Click the I/O blade you want to configure to highlight it.
The same I/O blade may appear multiple times in the list depending
on the number of hosts assigned to the I/O blade. You only need to
select one instance of the blade to zone the entire blade.