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3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning a Fabric
59022-04 B 3-9
3.5
Zoning a Fabric
Zoning enables you to divide the ports and devices of the fabric into zones for
more efficient and secure communication among functionally grouped nodes. This
subsection addresses the following topics:
■ Zoning concepts
■ Using the Zoning Config window
■ Restoring default zoning
■ Using the Edit Zoning window
■ Merging fabrics and zoning
■ Managing zone sets
■ Managing zones
■ Managing aliases
3.5.1
Zoning Concepts
The following zoning concepts provide some context for the zoning tasks
described in this section:
■ Zones
■ Aliases
■ Zone sets
■ Zoning database
■ Zoning configuration
3.5.1.1
Zones
A zone is a named group of ports or devices that can communicate with each
other. Membership in a zone can be defined by port number, device Fibre
Channel address, or device World Wide Name (WWN). Zone members can
communicate only with members of the same zone. Zones can overlap; that is, a
port or device can be a member of more than one zone.
Three types of zones are supported. The following zone types define increasingly
restrictive levels of communication.
■ Soft zone
■ Access Control List (ACL) - hard zone
■ Virtual Private Fabric (VPF) - hard zone