sas协议(SAS PL-3)之Zoning功能

1 Zoning overview

SAS zoning is implemented by a set of zoning expander devices with zoning enabled that define a zoned portion of a service delivery subsystem (ZPSDS).

The zoning expander devices control whether a phy is permitted to participate in a connection to another phy.

sas分区由一组开启了分区使能的expander设备组成，这些设备定义了服务交付子系统(ZPSDS)的分区部分。

分区expander设备控制是否允许一个phy参与到另一个phy的连接中。

图一:shows an example of zoning.

 从上图看：expander A B C组成了一个zoning区域，expander D不在这个区域。

group15和group9是一组

group15和group9是一组

group16和 group10是一组

group17和 group8是一组

图二:shows an example of one ZPSDS in a SAS domain.

A ZPSDS has a zone manager responsible for its configuration. 

The zone manager may have access to an end device with a SAS port whose zone group has access to zone group 2, or may have access to one or more zoning expander devices through a sideband interface (e.g., Ethernet) outside the scope of this standard. 

The SAS address reported for a sideband zone manager is 00000000 00000000h.

ZPSDS有一个区域管理器负责其配置。

区域管理器可以访问带有SAS端口的终端设备，其区域组可以访问区域组2，或者可以通过超出本标准范围的边带接口(例如以太网)访问一个或多个分区扩展器设备。

为边带区域管理器报告的SAS地址为00000000 00000000h。

图三:shows examples of zone manager locations in a SAS domain.

zone管理器连接sas端口的终端设备，这些分区组和分区组group2是一组

 分区组管理器直接连接在ZPSDS中的expande