Switch zoning for RamSan®storage systems

Switch zoning configurations for the RamSan® system include considerations for fabric zoning, target port sharing, host splitting, and controller splitting.

Fabric zoning

To enable multipathing, ensure that you have multiple zones or multiple RamSan® and system ports for each zone when you are zoning a RamSan® system to the back-end ports on the system.

Target port sharing

The RamSan® system can support LUN masking to enable multiple servers to access separate LUNs through a common controller port. There are no issues with mixing workloads or server types in this setup. LUN Masking is a licensed feature of the RamSan® system.

Host splitting

There are no issues with host splitting on a RamSan® system.

Controller splitting

RamSan® system LUNs that are mapped to the system cannot be mapped to other hosts. LUNs that are not presented to the system can be mapped to other hosts.