Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide (53-0000194-01, November 2006)

1-10 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
Publication Number: 53-0000194-01
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Figure 1-6 Web Tools—AP Edition Interface
Administrative Domains
An “administrative domain” (Admin Domain or AD) is a logical grouping of fabric elements that
defines what switches, ports, and devices you can view and modify. An Admin Domain is a filtered
administrative view of the fabric. The logical view presented within an Admin Domain does not hide
fabrics, chassis, switches, and slots; however, the attributes of switch ports and end devices are filtered
based on Admin Domain membership.
Admin Domains permit access to a configured set of users. If a switch is part of an Admin Domain, then
when you log in with an account that has an administrator role, you can perform switch enable and
disable functions and all switch port-level functions such as port enable and port disable. You cannot
perform fabric-wide management, as switch membership within a zone does not provide zoning rights
on the switch ports.
Admin Domains are identified by a numeric ID (0–255) and also by name. This name can be
autogenerated based on the ID (for example AD1 or AD5) or you can specify a more informative name
such as Accounting or Engineering.
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Do not confuse an Admin Domain with the domain ID of a switch. They are two different identifiers.