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Zoning for FibreBridge 7600N bridges using one FC port

If you are using FibreBridge 7600N bridges using only one of the two FC ports, you need to create storage zones for the bridge ports. You should understand the zones and associated ports before you configure the zones.

The examples show zoning for DR group 1 only. If your configuration includes a second DR group, configure the zoning for the second DR group in the same manner, using the corresponding ports of the controllers and bridges.

Required zones

You must configure one zone for each of the FC-to-SAS bridge FC ports that allows traffic between initiators on each controller module and that FC-to-SAS bridge.

Each storage zone contains nine ports:
  • Eight HBA initiator ports (two connections for each controller)

  • One port connecting to an FC-to-SAS bridge FC port

The storage zones use standard zoning.

The examples show two pairs of bridges connecting two stack groups at each site. Because each bridge uses one FC port, there are a total of four storage zones per fabric (eight in total).

Bridge naming

The bridges use the following example naming: bridge_site_stack group location in pair
This portion of the name...Identifies the...Possible values...
siteSite on which the bridge pair physically resides.A or B
stack groupNumber of the stack group to which the bridge pair connects.
  • FibreBridge 7600N bridges support up to four stacks in the stack group.

    The stack group can contain no more than 10 storage shelves.

1, 2, etc.
location in pairBridge within the bridge pair.

A pair of bridges connect to a specific stack group.

a or b
Example bridge names for one stack group on each site:
  • bridge_A_1a

  • bridge_A_1b

  • bridge_B_1a

  • bridge_B_1b

DR Group 1 - Stack 1 at Site_A

DrGroup 1 : MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC1
FC switchSiteSwitch domainSwitch portConnects to...
Lenovo B6505 FC SAN switch, B6510, DB620S, or DB610S switch
FC_switch_A_1A52controller_A_1 port 0a
3controller_A_1 port 0c
6controller_A_2 port 0a
7controller_A_2 port 0c
8bridge_A_1a FC1
FC_switch_B_1B72controller_B_1 port 0a
3controller_B_1 port 0c
6controller_B_2 port 0a
7controller_B_2 port 0c

Zone in Fabric_1

Member ports
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC15,2;5,3;5,6;5,7;7,2;7,3;7,6;7,7;5,8

DrGroup 1 : MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_BOT_FC1
FC switchSiteSwitch domainSwitch portConnects to...
Lenovo B6505 FC SAN switch, B6510, DB620S, or DB610S switch
FC_switch_A_1A62controller_A_1 port 0b
3controller_A_1 port 0d
6controller_A_2 port 0b
7controller_A_2 port 0d
8bridge_A_1b FC1
FC_switch_B_1B82controller_B_1 port 0b
3controller_B_1 port 0d
6controller_B_2 port 0b
7controller_B_2 port 0d

Zone in Fabric_2

Member ports
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_BOT_FC16,2;6,3;6,6;6,7;8,2;8,3;8,6;8,7;6,8

DR Group 1 - Stack 2 at Site_A

DrGroup 1 : MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_2_TOP_FC1
FC switchSiteSwitch domainSwitch portConnects to...
Lenovo B6505 FC SAN switch, B6510, DB620S, or DB610S switch
FC_switch_A_1A52controller_A_1 port 0a
3controller_A_1 port 0c
6controller_A_2 port 0a
7controller_A_2 port 0c
9bridge_A_2a FC1
FC_switch_B_1B72controller_B_1 port 0a
3controller_B_1 port 0c
6controller_B_2 port 0a
7controller_B_2 port 0c

Zone in Fabric_1

Member ports
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_2_TOP_FC15,2;5,3;5,6;5,7;7,2;7,3;7,6;7,7;5,9

DrGroup 1 : MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_2_BOT_FC1
FC switchSiteSwitch domainSwitch portConnects to...
Lenovo B6505 FC SAN switch, B6510, DB620S, or DB610S switch
FC_switch_A_1A62controller_A_1 port 0b
3controller_A_1 port 0d
6controller_A_2 port 0b
7controller_A_2 port 0d
9bridge_A_2b FC1
FC_switch_B_1B82controller_B_1 port 0b
3controller_B_1 port 0d
6controller_B_2 port 0b
7controller_B_2 port 0d

Zone in Fabric_2

Member ports
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_2_BOT_FC16,2;6,3;6,6;6,7;8,2;8,3;8,6;8,7;6,9

DR Group 1 - Stack 1 at Site_B

DrGroup 1 : MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC1
FC switchSiteSwitch domainSwitch portConnects to...
Lenovo B6505 FC SAN switch, B6510, DB620S, or DB610S switch
FC_switch_A_1A52controller_A_1 port 0a
3controller_A_1 port 0c
6controller_A_2 port 0a
7controller_A_2 port 0c
FC_switch_B_1B72controller_B_1 port 0a
3controller_B_1 port 0c
6controller_B_2 port 0a
7controller_B_2 port 0c
8bridge_B_1a FC1

Zone in Fabric_1

Member ports
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC15,2;5,3;5,6;5,7;7,2;7,3;7,6;7,7;7,8

DrGroup 1 : MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_1_BOT_FC1
FC switchSiteSwitch domainSwitch portConnects to...
Lenovo B6505 FC SAN switch, B6510, DB620S, or DB610S switch
FC_switch_A_1A62controller_A_1 port 0b
3controller_A_1 port 0d
6controller_A_2 port 0b
7controller_A_2 port 0d
FC_switch_B_1B82controller_B_1 port 0b
3controller_B_1 port 0d
6controller_B_2 port 0b
7controller_B_2 port 0d
8bridge_B_1b FC1

Zone in Fabric_2

Member ports
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_1_BOT_FC15,2;5,3;5,6;5,7;7,2;7,3;7,6;7,7;8,8

DR Group 1 - Stack 2 at Site_B

DrGroup 1 : MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_2_TOP_FC1
FC switchSiteSwitch domainSwitch portConnects to...
Lenovo B6505 FC SAN switch, B6510, DB620S, or DB610S switch
FC_switch_A_1A52controller_A_1 port 0a
3controller_A_1 port 0c
6controller_A_2 port 0a
7controller_A_2 port 0c
FC_switch_B_1B72controller_B_1 port 0a
3controller_B_1 port 0c
6controller_B_2 port 0a
7controller_B_2 port 0c
9bridge_b_2a FC1

Zone in Fabric_1

Member ports
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_b_STK_GRP_2_TOP_FC15,2;5,3;5,6;5,7;7,2;7,3;7,6;7,7;7,9

DrGroup 1 : MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_2_BOT_FC1
FC switchSiteSwitch domainSwitch portConnects to...
Lenovo B6505 FC SAN switch, B6510, DB620S, or DB610S switch
FC_switch_A_1A62controller_A_1 port 0b
3controller_A_1 port 0d
6controller_A_2 port 0b
7controller_A_2 port 0d
FC_switch_B_1B82controller_B_1 port 0b
3controller_B_1 port 0d
6controller_B_2 port 0b
7controller_B_2 port 0d
9bridge_B_1b FC1

Zone in Fabric_2

Member ports
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_2_BOT_FC16,2;6,3;6,6;6,7;8,2;8,3;8,6;8,7;8,9

Summary of storage zones

FabricZone nameMember ports
FC_switch_A_1 and FC_switch_B_1MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC15,2;5,3;5,6;5,7;7,2;7,3;7,6;7,7;5,8
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_2_TOP_FC15,2;5,3;5,6;5,7;7,2;7,3;7,6;7,7;5,9
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC15,2;5,3;5,6;5,7;7,2;7,3;7,6;7,7;7,8
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_2_TOP_FC15,2;5,3;5,6;5,7;7,2;7,3;7,6;7,7;7,9
FC_switch_A_2 and FC_switch_B_2MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_BOT_FC16,2;6,3;6,6;6,7;8,2;8,3;8,6;8,7;6,8
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_2_BOT_FC16,2;6,3;6,6;6,7;8,2;8,3;8,6;8,7;6,9
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_1_BOT_FC16,2;6,3;6,6;6,7;8,2;8,3;8,6;8,7;8,8
MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_B_STK_GRP_2_BOT_FC16,2;6,3;6,6;6,7;8,2;8,3;8,6;8,7;8,9