Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000599-02, June 2008)

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zone
Performs specific zone operations, manages Traffic Isolation (TI) Zones, and Frame Redirect (RD)
Zones.
Synopsis zone --help
To perform specific zone operations:
zone --copy [source_AD.] source_zone_object [dest_zone_object][-f]
zone --expunge “zone_object”
zone --validate [[-f | [-m mode] [“zone_object”]]]
To create and manage traffic Isolation zones:
zone --create -t objecttype [-o optlist] name -p portlist
zone --add [-o optlist] name -p portlist
zone --remove name -p portlist
zone --delete | activate | deactivate -p portlist
zone --show [name]
To perform specific Frame Redirect (RD) zone operations:
zone --rdcreate host_wwn target_wwn vi_wwn vt_wwn policy FCR_supported
zone --rddelete name
Description The zone command supports three types of operations: specific zone operations,
creation/management of Traffic Isolation Zones, and creation and management of Frame Redirect
(RD) Zones.
1. Use the --copy, --expunge, and --validate options to perform specific zoning operations.
These commands follow a batched-transaction model.
2. Use the --create, --add,--remove, --delete, --activate, --deactivate, and --show
options to manage Traffic Isolation (TI) Zones.
TI zones control the flow of inter-switch traffic by provisioning certain E_Ports to carry only
traffic flowing from a specific set of source ports. The provision (a.k.a TI Zone) is part of the
defined zone configuration and does not appear in the effective zone configuration. A
Maximum of 255 TI Zones can be created in one fabric.
TI zones over FCR provide the ability to lock down a request and corresponding response to the
same VE_Port tunnel for a given pair of devices in two separate fabrics. TI over FCR has two
working parts:
- TI within edge fabric routes traffic between a real device and a Proxy device to a specified
EX_Port.
- TI within backbone fabric locks down the route within the backbone fabric based on
EX_Ports and devices involved.
TI zones over FCR is supported only on switches running Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later. Participating
devices need to be LSAN Zoned to enforce TI.