User Guide
6. Management
6.6 T10 Zoning
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Complete the same sequence for the other rail.
6.6
T10 Zoning
T10 Zoning enables different hosts to access their own sets of drives on a single enclosure. The 2U24 Flash
Storage Platform uses a PHY based zoning model in which a given SAS connector PHY or set of PHYs has
access to a drive PHY or set of PHYs. Access to zone groups is granted based on a zone permission table
and zone configuration table setup on the expanders within each ESM. The configurations listed in this
section are based on a fully populated enclosure containing 24 drives of either SAS or SATA with each zone
consisting of 8 drives resulting in a configuration of 8/8/8. Zoning only needs to be configured or disabled
from a single host. Once zoning has been configured, each of three hosts that are connected will have
access to the enclosure and only the drives that each should see.
6.6.1
Before Zoning
This section provides information on actions that should be taken before starting zoning on the 2U24 Flash
Storage Platform.
Users should install all of the required downloads before beginning the zoning process.
Required Downloads
:
•
SMP Tools 0.98 for Linux:
http://sg.danny.cz/sg/smp_utils.html
•
http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html
•
CLI Tools: to download the latest version of CLI tools, see:
Downloading Firmware from the Support
6.6.2
Enclosure Cabling for Zoning
Physically connect the 2U24 Flash Storage Platform to the host servers using SAS cables in the
configuration displayed below.
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