Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) Manual

Creating and populating zones
A zone is a region within the fabric where specified switches and devices can communicate. A device
can communicate only with other devices connected to the fabric within its specified zone.
To create a zone, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Zone Administration window as described in Opening the Zone Admin window on page
140.
2. Select a format to display zoning members in the Member Selection List as described in Selecting
a zoning view on page 145.
3. Select the Zone tab.
4. Click New Zone.
The Create New Zone dialog box displays.
5. In the Create New Zone dialog box, enter a name for the new zone, and click OK.
LSAN zones and QoS zones have specific naming requirements:
• For LSAN zones, refer to LSAN zone requirements on page 139.
• For QoS zones, refer to QoS zone requirements on page 140.
The new zone displays in the Name list.
6. Expand the Member Selection List to view the nested elements. The choices available in the list
depend on the selection made in the View menu.
7. Select an element in the Member Selection List that you want to include in your zone.
Note that LSAN zones should contain only port WWN members. The right arrow becomes active.
8. Click the right arrow to add the zone member.
The selected member is moved to the Zone Members window.
9. Optional: Repeat steps 7 and 8 to add more elements to your zone.
10.Optional: Click Add Other to include a WWN or port that is not currently a part of the fabric. At this
point, you can either save your changes or save and enable your changes.
11.Select Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes.
To enable the configuration, refer to Enabling zone configurations on page 153.
Adding and removing members of a zone
For information on enabling the configuration, refer to Enabling zone configurations on page 153.
NOTE
When you assign a node WWN to an alias or zone, all of the WWPNs associated to that node are also
moved. This functionality is supported only for IM0 mode. This behavior is duplicated in Brocade
Network Assistant zoning. This functionality is supported only by selecting the node WWN and
assigning it to the alias or zone.
To add or remove zone members, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Zone Administration window as described in Opening the Zone Admin window on page
140
2. Select the Zone tab.
3. Select the zone you want to modify from the Name list.
The zone members for the selected zone are listed in the Zone Members list.
Creating and populating zones
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