FibreChannel – Zone & Zoning

• Switch-Based Access Control
• Analogous to an Ethernet Broadcast Domain
• Soft Zone
  - Zoning based on WWPN of Nodes Connected
  - Preferred
• Hard Zone
  - Zoning Based on Port Number on Switch to which the Nodes are Connected

FibreChannel - WWPN

• World-Wide Port Number
• A unique 64-bit hardware address for each FibreChannel Device
• Analogous to a 48-bit ethernet hardware address
• WWNN - World-Wide Node Number

FibreChannel Definitions

• WWPN
• Zone & Zoning
• LUN
• LUN Masking