Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.2.0 (53-1001194-01, April 2009)

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Zoning management
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Creating and populating zones
A zone is a region within the fabric where specified switches and devices can communicate. A
device can communicate only with other devices connected to the fabric within its specified zone.
Use the following procedure to create a zone.
1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 133.
2. Select a format to display zoning members in the Member Selection List as described in
“Select a zoning view” on page 137.
3. Click the Zone tab.
4. Click New Zone.
The Create New Zone dialog box displays.
5. On Create New Zone, enter a name for the new zone, and click OK.
LSAN zones and QoS zones have specific naming requirements.
- For LSAN zones, refer to “LSAN zone requirements”.
- For QoS zones, refer to “QoS zone requirements”.
The new zone appears in the Name list.
6. Expand the Member Selection List to view the nested elements.
The choices available in the list depend on the selection made in the View menu.
7. Select an element in the Member Selection List that you want to include in your zone. Note
that LSAN zones should contain only port WWN members.
The Add Member button becomes active.
8. Click Add Member to add the zone member.
The selected member is moved to the Zone Members window.
9. Optional: Repeat steps 7 and 8 to add more elements to your zone.
10. Optional: Click Add Other to include a WWN or port that is not currently a part of the fabric.
At this point you can either save your changes or save and enable your changes.
11. Click Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes.
To enable the configuration, see “Enabling zone configurations” on page 145.
Adding and removing members of a zone
Use the following procedure to add or remove zone members.
1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 133.
2. Click the Zone tab.
3. Select the zone you want to modify from the Name list.
The zone members for the selected zone are listed in the Zone Members list.
4. Highlight an element in the Member Selection List that you want to include in your zone, or
highlight an element in the Zone Members list that you want to delete.