Users Guide

14 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Restrictions on XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Restrictions on moving ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Configuring logical switches to use basic configuration values. . .326
Creating a logical switch or base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Executing a command in a different logical switch context . . . . . .328
Deleting a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Adding and moving ports on a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Displaying logical switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
Changing a logical switch to a base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
Setting up IP addresses for a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
Removing an IP address for a logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
Configuring a logical switch to use XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
Changing the context to a different logical fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Creating a logical fabric using XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Chapter 12 Administering Advanced Zoning
Zone types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
Approaches to zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
Zone objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Zoning enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342
Considerations for zoning architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342
Best practices for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Broadcast zones and Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344
Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
High availability considerations with broadcast zones . . . . . .346
Loop devices and broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Broadcast zones and default zoning mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Creating an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
Adding members to an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
Removing members from an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
Deleting an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Viewing an alias in the defined configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . .349