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Vg2 Zoning Question
Hi All
I am installing a VG2 gateway on cx4-480 through mds switch .The zoning iam planning to follow is given below (the one in the emc doc is a bit cofusing)
spa slot0 port 2 blade2 port 0
spb slot0 port 2 blade 2 port 1
spa slot 0 port 3 balde 3 port 0
spb slot 0 port 3 blade 3 port 0
i was just following the figure below from the vg2 docs
i am going to install this after one day what you guys think is it going to work.
Thanks in advance
DanJost
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January 27th, 2011 05:00
I have two NS40G's - one direct-attached (which is similar to the picture you have) and one fabric-attached. When it is fabric-attached it is zoned like any other HA host would be. If the VG2 is anything like the NS40G, the second datamover (or from your diagram it would be blade 3) is passive. You'll have zones something like this (assuming you have two fabrics/switches, of course...I'm sure there may be other supported variations):
For server_2/DM2/Blade 2 your zones would look like:
Port 0 on DM2 -> SPA0
Port 0 on DM2 -> SPB1
Port 1 on DM2-> SPA1
Port 1 on DM2->SPB0
For server_3/DM3/Blade 3:
Port 0 on DM3 -> SPA0
Port 0 on DM3 -> SPB1
Port 1 on DM3-> SPA1
Port 1 on DM3->SPB0
If you are using different Ultraflex cards in your CX4 you might be zoning them to different "numbered" SPA/SPB combos. Usually the CE does all the zoning or is at least sitting with you when you create the zones and you should have a design workbook that goes over all of this.
Before you go into production, make sure you fail back and forth between the data movers to make sure both your FC connections are correct as well as your ethernet connections. Nothing more ugly than having it fail over and the zoning or VLANs not being correct on the secondary DM!
Dan
adin2
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February 28th, 2011 01:00
Hi Danjost
I have followed what u said and it woks fine.I tried to emulate the directconnectivity through zoing (refer the pic) but i followed what u did and it worked fine.
Thanks