Re: Windows 2000 and SAN

From: Phillip Renouf (PhillipRenouf_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:21:04 -0700

It's a Compaq/HP SAN-in-a-box, not a bad little entry level SAN.

Access to LUNs on a SAN is controlled via Zoning on the fibre network. You
zone the WorldWideName(WWN) of the fibre card in the server to the LUN that
you create on the SAN. A LUN is just the SAN terminology for the drive array
that you create. You should never create a zone where two servers see the
same LUN, this will cause a lot of issues.

The only time where a zone is shared is in the event of a tape library. Ok,
that's not totally true, you can have a cluster with shared disk on the SAN,
but this is a pretty specific case.

Phil

"netneg" wrote:

> Sorry, I'm not familiar with that particular product. Assuming it works like
> an EMC box, you can control (on the SAN) what server has access to what
> disks.
>
> "Donnie" <Donnie4212@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23wl9dMufEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I see. It is a StorageWorks MSA 1000
> >
> > "netneg" <cclark@trailersaver.com> wrote in message
> > news:uPe2F7tfEHA.704@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Donnie-
> > >
> > > You would do this on your SAN, not on your servers. What is your SAN?
> > >
> > > "Donnie" <Donnie4212@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:eUbsHqtfEHA.2984@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > >> Hi all -
> > >>
> > >> For the sake of simplicity, say I have two Windows 2000 servers both
> > >> connected to a SAN (shared backplane). Now say this SAN has two
> logical
> > >> drives.
> > >>
> > >> 1. I want SERVER1 to see DRIVE1 but not DRIVE 2
> > >> 2. I want SERVER2 to see DRIVE2 but not DRIVE1
> > >>
> > >> What is the best way to accomplish this? As I add more and more
> servers
> > > to
> > >> my new SAN it is getting increasingly confusing to make sense of which
> > >> server is using which drive.
> > >>
> > >> Any help is appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>

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