
38 Implementing the IBM Storwize V7000 V6.3
2.2 SAN configuration planning
The recommended SAN configuration is composed of a minimum of two fabrics with all host
ports, and any ports on external storage systems to be virtualized by IBM Storwize V7000.
The IBM Storwize V7000 ports themselves are evenly split between the two fabrics to provide
redundancy in the event one of the fabrics goes offline (either planned or unplanned).
After the IBM Storwize V7000, hosts, and optional external storage systems are connected to
the SAN fabrics, zoning needs to be implemented.
In each fabric, create a zone with just the four IBM Storwize V7000 WWPNs, tw ...