Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Configuring and Managing Zones
Zoning enables you to set up access control between storage devices or user groups. If you have
administrator privileges in your fabric, you can create zones to increase network security and to prevent
data loss or corruption. Zoning is enforced by examining the source-destination ID field.
Advanced zoning capabilities specified in the FC-GS-4 and FC-SW-3 standards are supported. You can
use either the existing basic zoning capabilities or the advanced, standards-compliant zoning
capabilities.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Information About Zoning, page 16-1
• Configuring Zones, page 16-7
• Zone Sets, page 16-12
• Zone Set Distribution, page 16-21
• Zone Set Duplication, page 16-24
• Verifying Zone Information, page 16-28
• Enhanced Zoning, page 16-29
• Compacting the Zone Database, page 16-33
• Default Settings, page 16-33
Note Table 15-1 on page 15-4 lists the differences between zones and VSANs.
Information About Zoning
Zoning is described in the following topics:
• Zoning Features, page 16-2
• Zoning Example, page 16-3
• Zone Implementation, page 16-4
• Active and Full Zone Set Configuration Guidelines, page 16-5