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13-10 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

Publication Number: 53-0000518-09

Zoning Concepts

Figure 13-4 Zoning with Hardware Assist (Mixed-Port and WWN Zones)

Figure 13-5 Session-Based Hard Zoning

In Figure 13-5, only the ports that are overlapped are software-enforced with hardware assist.

Rules for Configuring Zones

Observe the following rules when configuring zones.

• If security is a priority, you should use hard zoning.

• The use of aliases is optional with zoning, and using aliases requires structure when defining zones.

However, aliases aid administrators of a zoned fabric to understand the structure and context.

• Evaluate the security requirements of the fabric. If additional security is required, add Brocade

Secure Fabric OS into the fabric.

• If the fabric includes a Brocade switch and you support a third-party switch product, they are only

able to use WWN zoning; other types of zoning, including QuickLoop, are not supported.

• QuickLoop

Port_WWN

Zone1

Core

Switch

Zone Boundaries

Port_WWN

Zone3

Port_WWN

Zone2

Port_WWN

Zone4

22.4b(13.4)

Port_Zone1

Core

Switch

Zone Boundaries

Port_Zone2

WWN_Zone1

WWN_Zone2

22.5b(13.5)