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4 Sun StorEdge SAN 4.0 Release Field Troubleshooting Guide • October 2002
Ports and Zones Configurations
limited to use of
Segmented Loop
(SL) or Name Server
(NS) port-based
zoning. NS port-based
zoning supported
for fabric capability. WWN-based zoning
supported for
interoperability
support among FC-
SW2 standard
compliant switches.
N/A Overlapping port-
based NS zones
supported. WWN-based zones
supported on all
switches.
Nested port-based
zoning supported. N/A Nested zoning
supported but not
required.
Hard zones
supported. N/A N/A
SL_port connections
to arrays supported.
TL_port connections
to the Sun StorEdge
T3 and T3+ arrays
supported for fibre
channel-arbitrated
loop and fabric
configurations. G_ and GL_ports
supported for
connections to
arrays. (G_ and
GL_ports
automatically
negotiate in inter-
switch connections
to E_ports. TL_ports
should be manually
configured for loop
connections to
storage devices.)
ISLs N/A Short- and long-
wave cables and
transceivers
supported. Same.
Long-wave only 1-
Gbit GBICs
supported for
connectivity. N/A Long-wave and
short-wave Small
Form-factor
Pluggable (SFP) 2-
Gbit transceivers
replace GBICs.
Long-wave only SC-
SC cables supported. Long-wave and
short-wave SC
cables supported. Long-wave and
short-wave SC-SC,
SC-LC, and LC-LC
cables supported.
TABLE 1-1
Comparison of the SAN 3.0 and SAN 4.0 Releases (Continued)
Feature
SAN 3.x Features Not
Supported in SAN 4.x SAN 3.x Features
Included In SAN 4.x
SAN 4.x New Features