Switch zoning configurations for the HP 3PAR system include fabric zoning, target port sharing, host splitting, and controller splitting.
HP 3PAR storage systems have no zoning limitations.
You can zone an HP 3PAR storage array to thesystem backend ports. Be sure to use multiple zones or multiple HP 3PAR storage arrays. Also, be sure to use multiple system 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. This setup has no issues with mixing workloads or server types.
HP 3PAR storage arrays have no host-splitting issues.
HP 3PAR storage array LUNs that are mapped to thesystem cannot be mapped to other hosts. LUNs that are not presented to thesystem can be mapped to other hosts.