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SAN Fabric Objects

CA SRM recognizes the following SAN Fabric objects:

Fabrics

Objects that represent one or more switches connected by interswitch links (ISLs). Each fabric is uniquely identified by the WWN of the proxy switch in the fabric. The Self loop on Fabric represents a VSAN.

Switches

Objects that represent switches on your network. Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with the Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric, that is currently the core component of most storage area networks. The Self loop on Switch represents a virtual switch [partition].

Enclosures

Objects that represent the container for all physical components in switch. Enclosure object is created for only director switches for which more than one switch is in an enclosure.

Blades

Objects that represent the physical properties of a blade or an embedded switch. A blade is the physical entity that corresponds with Port module. There is a one-one relationship with port module.

Ports

Objects that represent ports in switch.These could be in a port module or independently directly in the switch. This does not include remote port details. This could be Fibre Channel port or non-Fibre Channel port.

Zones

Objects that represent the logical grouping of ports to form a virtual private storage network.

Zonesets

Objects that represent the logical grouping of zones. Zones that belong to a single SAN can be grouped into a zone set, which can be activated or deactivated as a single entity across all switches in the fabric.

ZoneAlias

Objects that represent the aliases of zones, which are meaningful names assigned to devices. An alias can also be a group of devices that are managed together to make zoning easier.

ZoneMember

Objects that represent the ports and devices in zone are called zone members. A zone can contain one or more zone members. Ports that are members of a zone can communicate with each other, but they are isolated from ports in other zones. Devices, however, can belong to more than one zone.

Note: If you change a keyword in SAN Fabric, CA SRM can no longer collect data about this object.