Backplane Zoning

Without enabling the zoning on a AIC backplane, all SAS ports and HDD slots are assigned to Group 1.

After enabling the zoning, this is also the pre-config.If you like to isolate HDD slots from other slots and communicate over a dedicated SAS port, you will have to configure them in one of the isolated disk groups (9/10/11/12)

After you put the disks in a new group, you will also have to assign a SAS port to this group.In the following example, i will split a 24back backplane is 2 groups and each group will have 2 SAS ports.

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*Enable zoning

Phyzone on

*Power cycle the system to load the new zoning mode

*Assign slot 1-12 to zone 8

Phyzone 37 8

Phyzone 39 8

Phyzone 00 8

Phyzone 04 8

Phyzone 36 8

Phyzone 28 8

Phyzone 01 8

Phyzone 06 8

Phyzone 35 8

Phyzone 30 8

Phyzone 02 8

Phyzone 07 8

*Assign slot 13-24 to zone 9

Phyzone 32 9

Phyzone 31 9

Phyzone 03 9

Phyzone 09 9

Phyzone 33 9

Phyzone 38 9

Phyzone 08 9

Phyzone 10 9

Phyzone 34 9

Phyzone 29 9

Phyzone 05 9

Phyzone 11 9

** Assign wideport 1 and 2 for zone 8

Phyzone 12 8

Phyzone 13 8

Phyzone 14 8

Phyzone 15 8

Phyzone 16 8

Phyzone 17 8

Phyzone 18 8

Phyzone 19 8

** Assign wideport 3 and 4 to zone 9

Phyzone 20 9

Phyzone 21 9

Phyzone 22 9

Phyzone 23 9

Phyzone 24 9

Phyzone 25 9

Phyzone 26 9

Phyzone 27 9

*Reset the expander

Reset

***Power cycle the system to load the new zoning mode

*** To check the status of config of a Phyzone, just type “Psyzone” and the number and press enter.

For ex: Psyzone 12