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

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Configuring zoning

This section outlines the basic steps for configuring zoning as shown below.

• “Creating and populating zone aliases” on page 101

• “Creating and populating zones” on page 103

• “Creating zone configurations” on page 106

• “Saving local zoning changes” on page 99

• “Enabling zone configurations” on page 108

The next section describes the Zone Administration window, in which all of the zoning tasks are

performed. The remainder of this chapter provides procedures for managing zones, zone aliases,

zone configurations, and zone server information.

Opening the Zone Administration window

This section describes how to launch the Zone Administration window, from which all zoning

procedures are performed. You cannot open the Zone Administration window from AD255 (physical

fabric).

1. Select a switch from the Fabric Tree.

2. Click Zone Admin in the Manage section of the Tasks menu.

The Zone Administration window opens (see Figure 46).

Setting the default zoning mode

The default zoning mode defines the device accessibility behavior if zoning is not implemented or if

there is no effective zone configuration. The default zoning mode has two options:

• All Access—All devices within the fabric can communicate with all other devices.

• No Access—Devices in the fabric cannot access any other device in the fabric.

Web Tools supports default zoning on switches running firmware v5.1.0 or higher. Default zoning

on legacy switches (switches running firmware versions prior to v 5.1.0) are not supported. Legacy

switches can use default zoning; however, they cannot manipulate the default zone or default

configuration.

NOTE

If you want to use Admin Domains, you must set the default zoning mode to No Access prior to

setting up the Admin Domains. You cannot change the default zoning mode to All Access if

user-specified Admin Domains are present in the fabric.

1. Open the Zone Administration window (see “Opening the Zone Administration window” on

page 96).

2. Click Zoning Actions> Set Default Mode, and then select the access mode.