Brocade EZSwitchSetup Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 and Brocade 200E, 3250, 4100, 4900, 5000 (53-1000441-01, June 2007)

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CHOOSING A ZONING CONFIGURATION
EZSwitchSetup requires you to select a zoning configuration from among the following types:
• Typical zoning
Typical zoning is a preconfigured default zoning setup that is set at the factory. It enforces the
rule of one HBA port zoned with one storage port on a single switch. Typical zoning is hard
zoning; each zone member is identified by the default switch domain (1) and a port number.
Typical zoning is set up based on fixed port usage, which means that a set of switch ports is
designated to be used as HBA (host) ports and a set of ports is designated to be used as
storage ports.
Choose Typical zoning if you have a single-switch fabric, the devices are not connected, and
you want to be guided through the device connection process.
• Custom zoning
Custom zoning allows you to customize which HBAs can access which storage devices for a
single switch using a zoning matrix in the Switch Manager. You must connect all devices (HBA
and storage) to the switch before configuring zoning. Switch Manager then automatically
generates zones based on the zoning matrix.
Choose Custom zoning if you have a single-switch fabric, the devices are already connected,
and you want to customize how the HBAs access the storage devices.
• Advanced zoning
Advanced Zoning allows you to customize which HBAs can access which storage devices for
multiple switches. To use Advanced Zoning, you must launch Web Tools, as described in
“Accessing Web Tools for Advanced Management” on page 42.
Choose Advanced zoning if you have a multi-switch fabric.
EDITING ZONING CONFIGURATION
You can customize which HBAs can access which storage devices.
If you make any zoning changes to the default Typical zoning configuration, you can later restore
the Typical zoning configuration by clicking Restore Default Typical Zoning in the task panel.
To edit the zoning configuration
1. Click Edit under Zoning in the task panel.
The Edit Zoning wizard launches.