HP 6Gb SAS Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class - Manual (Page 23)

Helpful hints:
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To activate shading to more clearly show device relationships, click a device in the map.
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To see what types of drives are installed in external storage enclosures, click the Drives
drop-down arrow for that enclosure.
Create Zone Group task
Zone groups allocate resources for device load balancing purposes and for selectively allowing
access to data.
You can create the following types of zone groups:
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Switch port zone groups—Group together one or more ports on the SAS BL Switch. Server
device bays assigned this type of zone group have access to the storage enclosures or tape
devices connected to the ports included in the zone. This type of zone group is for shared
SAS devices. The P2000 G3 SAS MSA and HP MSL2024, MSL4048, and MSL8096 Tape
Libraries and 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader are examples of shared SAS devices. All LUNs in the
controller enclosure are accessible to the assigned servers, unless controlled through the storage
management utility for the controller enclosure and all tape drives in a tape device are
accessible to any server that has access to the zone group. For more information, see
“Creating
switch-port zone groups” (page 23) .
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Drive-bay zone groups—Group together drive bays from one or more MDS600 drawers or
D2000 disk enclosures. Server device bays assigned this type of zone group have exclusive
access to the drive bays included in the zone group, as if the drives are directly connected to
those servers. This type of zone group is for zoned SAS storage enclosures. The MDS600 and
D2600/D2700 enclosures are examples of zoned SAS storage. For more information, see
“Creating drive-bay zone groups” (page 25) . (For future use.)
Creating switch-port zone groups
To create switch-port zone groups, select Zone Groups in the navigation tree, and then click the
Create Zone Group task button.
Create Zone Group task 23