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Zoning requirements and device mappings

IMPORTANT: Depending on the BladeSystem c-Class enclosure model, server type, mezzanine slot used,

BladeSystem server device bay, and BladeSystem interconnect bay, the zone groups that assigned to a

server must be associated with storage enclosures connected to switch ports 1–4 or 5–8. Failure to follow

these guidelines will result in an unsupported configuration.

The following tables show the interdependencies of components in an HP BladeSystem c-Class solution that

includes an HP StorageWorks 3Gb SAS BL Switch connected to external SAS storage enclosures.

For the c3000 BladeSystem enclosure, use the following table to determine which external storage enclosures

to use when zoning the external storage to the server blades.

For example, as shown in the table, if a full-height server blade is installed in device bay 1-8 of a c3000

enclosure, and the P700m SAS Controller is installed in server mezzanine slot 2; the 3Gb SAS BL Switch

must be installed in BladeSystem interconnect bay 3 or 4 and it should be assigned a zone group that is in

an external storage enclosure attached to 3Gb SAS BL Switch ports 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Zone groups must be in

storage enclosures

connected to these 3Gb

SAS BL Switch ports

BladeSystem

c-Class

interconnect bay

BladeSystem

c-Class

device bay

Mezzanine slotServer typeBladeSystem

c-Class

enclosure

model

1 – 43/4Any2Half heightc3000

1 – 43/4Any2Full height

5 – 83/4Any3

1 – 43/41A – 8A“A-side”Half height

Double dense

(BL2x220c)

5 – 83/41B – 8B“B-side”

1 – 43/4Any2Full height

Double wide

(BL680c G7)

5 – 83/4Any3

5 – 83/4Any4

1 – 43/4Any7

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