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

4. Click OK.
IMPORTANT: Deleting an operating VFC interface interrupts the device operation process. Make
sure the target interface is no longer in use.
Zone database
The zone database enforces access control between servers and storage devices in a VSAN.
Zone database structure
The zone database has a layered structure consisting of zone sets, zones, zone members, and
zone aliases. Relations between a VSAN and a zone database are illustrated in Figure 12 and
explained as follows:
• A VSAN can have multiple zone sets.
• A zone set can have multiple zones. A zone can be assigned to multiple zone sets.
• A zone can have multiple zone members. A zone member can be assigned to multiple zones.
• Zone members are servers and storage devices that register with FCoE switches.
• If multiple zone members all belong to certain zones, a zone alias is introduced to manage
the zone members. You can create a zone alias, add the zone members to the zone alias,
and add the zone alias to the zones.
• Members inside a zone can communicate with each other, but cannot get access to of other
zone members.
Figure 12 VSAN and zone database
Active zone set and default zone set
Each VSAN only has one active zone set. Only configurations of the active zone set are adapted
in the current VSAN. Therefore, access control between servers and storage devices in the VSAN
is determined by the active zone set.
The default zone set consists of zone members that do not belong to the active zone set.
Zone configuration procedure for a VSAN in VFM
Follow the general procedure to configure zone for a VSAN in VFM:
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