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

9-20 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
Publication Number: 53-0000194-01
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Managing Zone Configurations
A zone configuration is a group of zones; zoning is enabled on a fabric by enabling a specific
configuration. You can specify members of a configuration using the following methods:
• Zone names
• QuickLoop names
• FA (Fabric Assist) zone names
Figure 9-3 shows a sample zoning database and the relationship between the zone aliases, zones, and
zoning configuration. The database contains one zoning configuration, myconfig, which contains two
zones: Zone A and Zone B. The database also contains four aliases, which are members of Zone A and
Zone B. Zone A and Zone B also have additional members other than the aliases.
Figure 9-3 Sample Zoning Database
Zone C onfiguration: myc onfig
WWN 5; <AL_PA>
A lia s 3
WWW 5; WWN 6; WWN7
Alias 4
Zone B
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WWW 9
WWN 1; WWN 2; WWN 3
A lia s 1
WWN 4; <domain, portarea>
Alias 2
Zone A
<domain, portarea>; <AL_P A>
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