Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual

Figure 48 shows a logical representation of the configuration in Figure 47 . This SAN is similar to that
shown in Figure 39 on page 349 and you would set up the TI zones in the same way as described in
Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers on page 348.
FIGURE 48 Logical representation of TI zones over FC routers in logical fabrics
Creating a TI zone
You create and modify TI zones using the zone command. Other zoning commands, such as
zoneCreate , aliCreate , and cfgCreate , cannot be used to manage TI zones.
When you create a TI zone, you can set the state of the zone to activated or deactivated. By default the
zone state is set to activated; however, this does not mean that the zone is activated. After you create
the TI zone, you must enable the current effective configuration to enforce the new TI zone, which is
either activated or deactivated.
Virtual Fabric considerations: Because base fabrics do not contain end devices, they normally do not
have an effective zone configuration. To activate a TI zone in a base fabric, you should create a
"dummy" configuration, as described in Creating a TI zone in a base fabric on page 365.
When you create a TI zone, you can enable or disable failover mode. By default, failover mode is
enabled. If you want to change the failover mode after you create the zone, see Modifying TI zones on
page 366.
If you are creating a TI zone with failover disabled, note the following:
• Ensure that the E_Ports of the TI zone correspond to valid paths; otherwise, the route might be
missing for ports in that TI zone. You can use the topologyShow command to verify the paths.
• Ensure that sufficient non-dedicated paths through the fabric exist for all devices that are not in a TI
zone; otherwise, these devices might become isolated.
See TI zone failover on page 342 for information about disabling failover mode.
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