Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (53-1002152-01, March 2012)

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Zoning management

Setting the default zoning mode

The default zoning mode has two options:

• All Access—All devices within the fabric can communicate with all other devices.

• No Access—Devices in the fabric cannot access any other device in the fabric.

Web Tools supports default zoning on switches running firmware v5.1.0 or later. Default zoning on

legacy switches (switches running firmware versions prior to v 5.1.0) are not supported. Legacy

switches can use default zoning; however, they cannot manipulate the default zone or default

configuration.

NOTE

To use Admin Domains, you must set the default zoning mode to No Access prior to setting up the

Admin Domains. To use the Admin Domain feature, the EGM license must be enabled on the switch;

otherwise, access to this feature is denied. You cannot change the default zoning mode to All Access

if user-specified Admin Domains are present in the fabric.

To set the default zoning mode, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Zone Admin window (refer to “Opening the Zone Admin window” on page 118).

2. Select Zoning Actions > Set Default Mode, and then select the access mode.

Zoning management

You can monitor and manage basic and traffic isolation zoning through the Web Tools Zone Admin

window. The information in the Zone Admin window is collected from the selected switch.

If the FCS policy is activated in the fabric, zoning can be administered only from the primary FCS

switch. If the selected switch has an Advanced Zoning license installed, but is not the primary FCS

switch, the Zone Admin option is displayed, but not activated.

You must be logged into the switch using a user name with one of the following roles associated

with it to make changes to the zoning: zoneAdmin, admin, fabricAdmin, or any user-defined role

with modify rights. All other roles allow only a view or read-only access. Most of the zoning

operations are disabled in read-only mode.

A snapshot is taken of all the zoning configurations at the time you launch the Zone Admin window;

this information is not updated automatically by Web Tools. To update this information, refer to

“Refreshing Zone Admin window information” on page 121.