Administrator Guide

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 337
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Chapter
12
Administering Advanced Zoning
In this chapter
•Zone types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
•Zoning overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
•Broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
•Zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
•Zone creation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
•Default zoning mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
•Zone database size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
•Zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
•Zone object maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
•Zone configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
•Security and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
•Zone merging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
•Concurrent zone transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Zone types
Zones enable you to partition your fabric into logical groups of devices that can access each other.
These are “regular” or “standard” zones. Unless otherwise specified, all references to zones in this
chapter refer to these regular zones. Beyond this, Fabric OS has the following types of special zones:
• Broadcast zones
Controls which devices receive broadcast frames. A broadcast zone restricts broadcast
packets to only those devices that are members of the broadcast zone. Refer to “Broadcast
zones” on page 343 for more information.
• Frame redirection zones
Re-route frames between an initiator and a target through a Virtual Initiator and Virtual Target
for special processing or functionality, such as for storage virtualization or encryption. Refer to
“Frame Redirection” on page 132 for more information.
• LSAN zones
Provide device connectivity between fabrics without merging the fabrics. Refer to “LSAN zone
configuration” on page 620 for more information.