HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide (5697-7344, March 2008)

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Figure 32 shows a fabric with four hardware-enforced zones that don’t overlap.
Figure 32 Hardware-enforced nonoverlapping zones
Figure 33 shows the same fabric components, but with overlapping zones.
Figure 33 Hardware-enforced overlapping zones
Any zone using a mixed zoning scheme on the 2 Gbps platform relies on name server authentication as
well as hardware-assisted (ASIC) authentication, which ensures that any PLOGI/ADISC/PDISC/ACC from
an unauthorized device attempting to access a device it is not zoned with is rejected. HP 2Gb switches
always deploy the hardware assist, in any zone configuration (see Figure 34 and Figure 35).
Figure 34 Zoning with hardware assist (mixed-port and WWN zones)
Port_Zone1
Port_Zone2
Core
Switch
Zone Boundaries
WWN_Zone1
WWN_Zone2
22.2b(13.2)
Port_Zone1
Core
Switch
Zone Boundaries
WWN_Zone1
Port_Zone2
WWN_Zone2
22.3b(13.3)
Port_WWN
Zone1
Core
Switch
Zone Boundaries
Port_WWN
Zone3
Port_WWN
Zone2
Port_WWN
Zone4
22.4b(13.4)