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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Cisco MDS Zoning

Single initiator with a single target is the most efficient approach to zoning

Just jotting down some links

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/4_1/configuration/guides/fm_4_1/zone.html

http://routerjockey.com/2011/12/23/mds-fiber-channel-switching-basics-for-network-engineers/

Posted by Brian Smith at 4:25 PM
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