Implementing Zoning On A Fibre Channel Switched Fabric - Dell PowerVault MD3600f Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

However, in the case of certain HBA manufacturers, the Dell Cluster
Configuration Support Matrices at dell.com/ha may contain information
about specific driver and firmware settings necessary to optimize storage
arrays. Review the Support Matrices to ensure that you are aware of any
customized settings that may affect the performance of your HBA.
NOTE:
Most Fibre Channel HBAs require a link timeout and node timeout value of
10 seconds. This value can be set using the HBA manufacturer's management
utilities, for example, Emulex's OneCommand Manager and QLogic's Enterprise
Fabric Suite.
For more information about installing and configuring HBAs, see the
following:
• Emulex HBAs—Emulex support website at emulex.com or the Dell
Support website at support.dell.com.
• QLogic HBAs—QLogic support website at qlogic.com or the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com.
• Brocade HBAs—Brocade support website at brocade.com or the Dell
Support website at support.dell.com.
For more information about supported HBA controllers and drivers, see the
Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices at dell.com/ha.
Implementing Zoning on a Fibre Channel
Switched Fabric
A Fibre Channel switch allows you to connect multiple devices to the SAN
without compromising bandwidth or data throughput. Switch zoning
implemented on each Fibre Channel switch hardware component using the
manufacturer's embedded utility, allows you to divide port traffic between
the host server and storage array to maintain the highest level of redundancy.
Figure 2-8 shows each connection to the cluster node routed to an individual
logical zone on the SAN. Two physical switches provide an alternate
(redundant) data path to the storage array. If a single HBA, switch or RAID
controller fails, the host server can still access data on the storage array
through one of the alternate paths provided by the switches.
NOTE:
For a list of supported Fibre Channel switches, see the Dell Cluster
Configuration Support Matrices at dell.com/ha.
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