HP 3Gb SAS Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class - Manual (Page 9)

When creating a zone group:
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When creating a drive bay based zone group, all the drives in the zone group should be attached to
the switch through the same set of four ports shown in the table. For example, a zone group could
include drives from three storage enclosures attached to ports 1, 3, and 4. However, creating a zone
group using drives from two storage enclosures attached to ports 1 and 5 is not supported.
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When creating a switch port zone group, the group can include multiple ports in the range 1-4 or 5-8,
but not from both ranges.
When assigning a zone group to a server device bay:
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When modifying zone access rights of a server blade, the zone group must be for storage that is
connected to the same expander that the server device bay is associated with. For example, server
device bay 9 should be assigned to storage that is attached to ports 5-8 of the HP 3Gb SAS BL Switch.
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When modifying zone access rights to drive-bay based zone groups, the server blades must first be
taken offline. Restart them after completing the assignments and saving all changes in the VSM interface.
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For a newly created zone group, when assigning the zone group to a server device bay, if RAID 1+0
arrays will be created, you must first power off the server blades. Restart the servers after completing
the assignments and saving all changes in the VSM.
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For an existing zone group, when changing the assignment to move the zone group to a different
server, you must first stop all associated I/O with the zone group and power off the server blades. After
completing the assignments and saving all changes in the VSM, restart the servers and resume I/O.
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In a c7000 BladeSystem enclosure, when using a full-height blade that occupies bays 1 and 9, and
with the P700m Controller in mezzanine slot 3, be sure to assign the zone group to blade bay 9 (the
subsumed bay). This will correctly provide the server with access to the storage.
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