Single-initiator zoning rule :--Each HBA port must be in a separate zone that contains it and the SP ports with which it communicates. EMC recommends single-initiator zoning as a best practice.
Fibre Channel fan-in rule:--A server can be zoned to a maximum of 4 storage systems.
Fibre Channel fan-out rule:-The Navisphere software license determines the number of servers you can connect to a CX3-10c, CX3-20c,CX3-20f, CX3-40c, CX3-40f, or CX3-80 storage systems. The maximum number of connections between servers and a storage system is defined by the number of initiators supported per storage-system SP. An initiator is an HBA
port in a that can access a storage system. Note that some HBAs have multiple ports. Each HBA port that is zoned to an SP port is one path to that SP and the storage system containing that SP. Depending on the type of storage system and the connections between its SPs and the switches, an HBA port can be zoned through different switch ports to the same SP port or to different SP ports, resulting in multiple paths between the HBA port and an SP and/or the storage system. Note that the failover software running on the server may limit the number of paths supported from the server to a single storage-system SP and from a server to the storage system.
Storage systems with Fibre Channel data ports :- CX3-10c (SP ports 2 and 3), CX3-20c (SP ports 4 and 5), CX3-20f (all ports), CX3-40c (SP ports 4 and 5), CX3-40f (all ports), CX3-80 (all ports).
Number of servers and storage systems As many as the available switch ports, provided each server follows the fan-in rule above and each storage system follows the fan-out rule above, using WWPN switch zoning.
Fibre connectivity
Fibre Channel Switched Fabric (FC-SW) connection to all server types.
Fibre Channel switch terminologySupported Fibre Channel switches.
Fabric - One or more switches connected by E_Ports. E_Ports are switch ports that are used only for connecting switches together.
ISL - (Inter Switch Link). A link that connects two E_Ports on two different switches.
Path - A path is a connection between an initiator (such as an HBA port) and a target (such as an SP port in a storage system). Each HBA port that is zoned to a port on an SP is one path to that SP and the storage system containing that SP. Depending on the type of storage system and the connections between its SPs and the switch fabric, an HBA port can be zoned through different switch ports to the same SP port or to different SP ports, resulting in multiple paths between the HBA port and an SP and/or the storage system. Note that the failover software running on the server may limit the number of paths supported from the server to a single storage-system
SP and from a server to the storage system.
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