Administrator's Guide

24 Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide

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Access Gateway mapping

FIGURE 7 Example device mapping to an N_Port

Static versus dynamic mapping

Device mapping can be classified as either “static” or “dynamic” as follows:

• Device mapping to an N_Port and to an N_Port group are considered static. Static mappings

persists across reboots and can be saved and restored with Fabric OS configUpload and

configDownload commands.

• Automatic Device Load Balancing, if enabled, is considered dynamic. These mappings exist

only while a device is logged in. Dynamic mappings cannot be saved or edited by the

administrator and do not persist across reboots. Dynamic mapping shows the current mapping

for devices as opposed to the original static mapping. If a device is mapped to an N_Port

group, then all mapping is dynamic.

NOTE

Static and dynamic mapping only applies to NPIV devices and cannot redirect devices that are

directly attached to Access Gateway because physically-attached devices use the port maps to

connect to the fabric.

Device mapping to port groups (recommended)

Mapping NPIV devices to a port group is an ideal choice when a reasonably sized set of devices

must connect to the same group of N_Ports, and you want the flexibility of moving the devices to

any available F_Port. This type of mapping is recommended because the device will automatically

connect to the least-loaded N_Port in the group if the N_Port to which the device is currently

connected goes offline or is not yet online. For more information on port groups, refer to “Port

Grouping policy” on page 41.

N_2

Hosts/Targets Access Gateway

F_3

F_2

F_1

N_3

WWN1

WWN2

WWN3

WWN4

F_4

WWN5

WWN6

F_5

WWN7

N_4

N_1

F_6

WWN8

N_5