Reference Guide

Zone objects...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................300
Zone configurations..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 301
Zoning enforcement.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 301
Considerations for zoning architecture............................................................................................................................................................................................302
Best practices for zoning.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................302
Broadcast zones.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................303
Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing............................................................................................................................................................................................... 304
High availability considerations with broadcast zones............................................................................................................................................................304
Loop devices and broadcast zones...................................................................................................................................................................................................304
Broadcast zones and default zoning mode..................................................................................................................................................................................304
Zone aliases.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 304
Creating an alias............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................305
Adding members to an alias..................................................................................................................................................................................................................305
Removing members from an alias.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 306
Deleting an alias............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................306
Viewing an alias in the defined configuration............................................................................................................................................................................... 307
Zone creation and maintenance.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................307
Displaying existing zones ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 307
Creating a zone............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 308
Adding devices (members) to a zone...............................................................................................................................................................................................309
Removing devices (members) from a zone...................................................................................................................................................................................310
Replacing zone members...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................311
Deleting a zone................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................312
Viewing a zone.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................313
Viewing zone configuration names without case distinction.................................................................................................................................................314
Validating a zone.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................315
Default zoning mode..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................318
Setting the default zoning mode........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 319
Viewing the current default zone access mode............................................................................................................................................................................319
Zone database size...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................320
Zone configurations..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................320
Creating a zone configuration.................................................................................................................................................................................................................321
Adding zones to a zone configuration............................................................................................................................................................................................... 321
Removing members from a zone configuration........................................................................................................................................................................322
Enabling a zone configuration...............................................................................................................................................................................................................322
Disabling a zone configuration............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 322
Validating zone members in the zone configuration................................................................................................................................................................323
Deleting a zone configuration............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 325
Abandoning zone configuration changes.......................................................................................................................................................................................326
Viewing all zone configuration information................................................................................................................................................................................... 326
Viewing selected zone configuration information......................................................................................................................................................................326
Viewing the zone aliases in the zone configuration...................................................................................................................................................................327
Viewing the configuration in the effective zone database.....................................................................................................................................................328
Clearing all zone configurations...........................................................................................................................................................................................................328
Zone object maintenance..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................329
Copying a zone object...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................329
Deleting a zone object...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................330
Renaming a zone object.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 330
Zone configuration management................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 331
Security and zoning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 331
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