HP 6G Virtual SAS Manager User Guide

Creating a drive-bay zone group
Used with zoned SAS storage enclosures such as the MDS600 and D2600/D2700, drive-bay
zone groups group together disk drive bays, which can be chosen from one or more MDS600
drawer or D2000 disk enclosures. Server device bays assigned this type of zone group have
access to the disk drive bays included in the zone, as if they were directly connected to those
servers.
Before creating a zone group, ensure that all storage enclosures are physically connected to the
switch and ready for use.
NOTE:
• When a tape autoloader or library is included in the solution, do the following:
◦ Create a switch-port zone group for the port connected to the tape device.
◦ Create switch-port zone groups for ports connected to shared SAS storage enclosures.
◦ Create drive-bay zone groups for drive bays in zoned SAS storage enclosure.
◦ Carefully record the zone group names, included disk drives, and server device bay
assignments to prevent accidentally assigning the same drive-bay zone group to more
than one server device bay.
1. [Optional] Verify that the external storage enclosure is detected by the system. Use the show
command to determine which drive bays are available.
NOTE:
• The seb parameter specifies that you want to show “storage enclosure bay” information
• When the detail variable is included in the command, information about the drive bay,
such as disk drive type, is displayed.
The display of the following example is abbreviated, retaining key details. Drive bays 1
through 7 are already included in a zone group named zone1 and drive bays 29 through
35 are unassigned.
=> switch loc=local seb all show detail
Blade Enclosure At BottomC7000
Switch: Local (VSM Active)
Storage Enclosure: HP MDS600 Disk System, PortBox=51:1,61:1 (OK)
Bay: 1, 51:1:1, 1.5G SATA HDD(750GB, 7.2K RPM, HPGA ), Zoning OK ,
Zone Group: zone1
Bay: 2, 51:1:2, Empty, Zoning OK, Zone Group: zone1
Bay: 3, 51:1:3, Empty, Zoning OK, Zone Group: zone1
Bay: 4, 51:1:4, Empty, Zoning OK, Zone Group: zone1
Bay: 5, 51:1:5, Empty, Zoning OK, Zone Group: zone1
Bay: 6, 51:1:6, Empty, Zoning OK, Zone Group: zone1
Bay: 7, 51:1:7, Empty, Zoning OK, Zone Group: zone1
Bay: 8, 51:1:8, 3G SAS HDD(1TB, 7.2K RPM, HPD4), Zoning OK
Bay: 9, 51:1:9, 3G SAS HDD(73GB, 15K RPM, HPD7), Zoning OK
.
.
Bay: 29, 51:1:29, 3G SAS HDD(73GB, 15K RPM, HPD7), Zoning OK
Bay: 30, 51:1:30, 3G SAS HDD(73GB, 15K RPM, HPD7), Zoning OK
Bay: 31, 51:1:31, Empty, Zoning OK
Bay: 32, 51:1:32, Empty, Zoning OK
Bay: 33, 51:1:33, 3G SAS HDD(73GB, 15K RPM, HPD7), Zoning OK
Bay: 34, 51:1:34, 3G SAS HDD(73GB, 15K RPM, HPD7), Zoning OK
Bay: 35, 51:1:35, 3G SAS HDD(73GB, 15K RPM, HPD7), Zoning OK
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