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5.3 HOW TO MONITOR AND MANAGE DEVICES
EFCM AND ZONING IN M-SERIES FABRICS
It is necessary to have the Zoning Module in EFCM to manage zoning.
Figure 6: Active Zone Set Tab in EFCM
Zone and Zone Set naming conventions:
• Names are NOT case sensitive
• Names cannot begin with “SANav_” or “SMP”. These prefixes are reserved. Any M-Series switch
having a zone beginning with a reserved prefix will not be discovered.
• Names cannot begin with a number
• Recommended maximum character limit is 60 characters
• No duplicate names are allowed between zones or zone sets in the same zone library
It should be noted that EFCM can also manage zoning in a B-Series fabric as well.