Switch zoning configurations for the HP 3PAR system include fabric zoning, target port sharing, host splitting, and controller splitting.
There are no zoning limitations for HP 3PAR storage systems.
You can zone an HP 3PAR storage array to the Lenovo Storage V series backend ports. Be sure that there are multiple zones or multiple HP 3PAR storage arrays. Also, be sure that there are multiple Lenovo Storage V series ports per zone to enable multipathing.
The HP 3PAR storage array 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.
There are no host-splitting issues on an HP 3PAR storage array.
HP 3PAR storage array LUNs that are mapped to the Lenovo Storage V series system cannot be mapped to other hosts. LUNs that are not presented to the Lenovo Storage V series system can be mapped to other hosts.