Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.0.0 (53-1000606-01, April 2008)

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Enabling administrative domains
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You can use AD255 to:
• Manage other Admin Domains.
• Get an unfiltered view of the fabric.
• Manage ACL and distribution (can be managed in AD0 if no other Admin Domains are present).
• Advanced Performance Monitoring (can be managed in AD0 if no other Admin Domains are
present).
You cannot manage zones with AD255, because AD255 does not have a zone database associated
with it.
Admin Domain membership
Switches, ports, and devices can be members of an Admin Domain. Admin Domain members can
be either direct or indirect members.
• Direct members—Devices, switches, and ports that you explicitly add to an Admin Domain.
Direct members are listed in the Admin Domain membership list.
• Indirect port members—Ports that are implicitly added as part of an Admin Domain when any
of the following occurs:
• A device that is connected to a port has been added to the Admin Domain.
• A switch to which the port belongs is a member of the Admin Domain.
• Indirect device members—Devices that are connected to ports that are direct members of an
Admin Domain.
Enabling administrative domains
The default zone mode setting gives your attached devices either All Access to all devices or No
Access to all devices. To begin implementing an Admin Domain structure within a SAN, you must
set the default zone mode to No Access. You must be in AD0 to change the default zone mode.
After the default zone mode has been set to No Access, you cannot change it from the physical
fabric.
Even though the default zone mode access is set to No Access, you can still create and enable
zones within each Admin Domain. These zones are configurable only from the Admin Domain in
which they were created. Indirect port members cannot be zoned.
1. Change the Admin Domain context to AD0. See “Changing the Admin Domain context” on
page 20.
2. Change the Default Zone mode to No Access. See “Setting the default zoning mode” on
page 96.
3. Navigate to AD255 or the physical fabric and begin managing the Admin Domains.
Using the Admin Domain window
You can view and manage Admin Domains through the Admin Domain window, shown in Figure 39.
You access the Admin Domain window by clicking Admin Domain in the Manage section of the
Tasks menu.