HP Intelligent Management Center v7.0 VAN Fabric Manager Administrator Guide

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Zone A zone is the divided area in a VSAN network. You can add N_Port members (such as N_Port
of servers, storage devices) in a zone. Isolate N_Port members in different zones to control zone
access.
Zone alias A zone alias is a set of N_Ports, which can be considered as a whole. You can add common
zone members in multiple zones to a zone alias, and add the zone alias in different zones to
simplify configuration.
Zone member Zone members are N_Ports of servers or storage devices.
Zone set A zone set is a collection of multiple zones. Zone sets can be active or inactive. Only active zone
sets can control access to N_Ports of servers/storage devices. In a VSAN network, only one zone
set can be active.
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