HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide

NOTE: See the HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Reference or the HP 3PAR Management Console
Users Guide for complete details on using the controlport, createhost, and showhost
commands.
These documents are available on the HP SC website:
HP Support Center
Setting Up and Zoning the Fabric
NOTE: This section does not apply for a direct connection or when deploying HP Virtual Connect
direct-attach FC storage for HP 3PAR storage systems, where the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage ports
are cabled directly to the uplink ports on the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric 10 Gb/24-port Module
for c-Class BladeSystem. Zoning is automatically configured based on the Virtual Connect SAN
Fabric and server profile definitions.
For more information about HP Virtual Connect, HP Virtual Connect interconnect modules, and the
HP Virtual Connect direct-attach feature, see HP Virtual Connect documentation. To obtain this
documentation, search the HP SC website:
HP Support Center
See also the HP SAN Design Reference Guide, available on the following website:
HP SAN Design Reference Guide
Fabric zoning controls which Fibre Channel end-devices have access to each other on the fabric.
Zoning also isolates the host and HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage ports from Registered State Change
Notifications (RSCNs) that are irrelevant to these ports.
You can set up fabric zoning by associating the device World Wide Names (WWNs) or the switch
ports with specified zones in the fabric. Although you can use either the WWN method or the port
zoning method with the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, the WWN zoning method is recommended
because the zone survives the changes of switch ports when cables are moved around on a fabric.
Required
Employ fabric zoning, using the methods provided by the switch vendor, to create relationships
between host HBA ports and storage server ports before connecting the host HBA ports or HP 3PAR
StoreServ Storage ports to the fabric(s).
Fibre Channel switch vendors support the zoning of the fabric end-devices in different zoning
configurations. There are advantages and disadvantages with each zoning configuration. Choose
a zoning configuration based on your needs.
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage arrays support the following zoning configurations:
• One initiator to one target per zone
• One initiator to multiple targets per zone (zoning by HBA). This zoning configuration is
recommended for the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage. Zoning by HBA is required for coexistence
with other HP Storage arrays.
NOTE: For high availability/clustered environments that require multiple initiators to access
the same set of target ports, HP recommends that separate zones be created for each initiator
with the same set of target ports.
NOTE: HP recommends that separate zones be created for each initiator (host) with the
same set of target (storage) ports.
For more information about using one initiator to multiple targets per zone, see “Zoning by HBA”
in the “Best Practices” chapter of the HP SAN Design Reference Guide. This document is available
on the HP SC website:
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