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Checklist: Zone your SAN in five steps


Rick Cook
05.06.2005
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What you will learn form this tip: How to develop an effective zoning plan and implement it with a minimum of hassle. Need a downloadable copy? Go here.


Dividing your SAN into zones is a fundamental part of setting it up. It's also fairly easy -- with modern tools, almost anyone could do it. However, developing and implementing an effective zoning scheme is more difficult. It requires an understanding of the enterprise's processes and a logical, step-by-step approach.



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For more information:

Crash Course: Zoning

Topics: SAN routing and partitioning

Tip: How to troubleshoot SANs using WWN zoning


About the author: Rick Cook has been writing about mass storage since the days when the term meant an 80 K floppy disk. The computers he learned on used ferrite cores and magnetic drums. For the last twenty years, he has been a freelance writer specializing in storage and other computer issues.

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