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Rules for configuring zones, Broadcast zones

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Rules for configuring zones Observe the following rules when configuring zones. • If security is a priority, you should use hard Zoning. • The use of aliases is optional with Zoning, and using aliases requires structure when defining zones. However, aliases aid administrators of a zoned fabric to understand the structure and context. • Evaluate the security requirements of the fabric. If additional security is required, add Secure Fabric OS into the fabric. • If the fabric includes a switch and you support a third-party switch product, they are only able to use WWN Zoning; other types of Zoning, including QuickLoop, are not supported. • QuickLoop Evaluate whether the fabric will also use QuickLoop Fabric Assist (QLFA) or QuickLoop (QL). If you are running Fabric OS v4.x, consider the following before creating and setting up QLFA zones: • QuickLoop Zoning. QuickLoop/QuickLoop zones cannot run on switches running Fabric OS v4.x. However, Fabric OS v4.x can still manage (create, remove, update) QuickLoop zones on any non-v4.x switch. • QuickLoop Fabric Assist. Fabric OS v4.x cannot have a Fabric Assist host directly connected to it. However, targets on a Fabric OS v4.x switch can still be part of a Fabric Assist zone if a Fabric Assist host is connected to a non-v4.x switch. • Zone changes Zone changes in a production fabric can cause a disruption of I/O when an RSCN is generated because of the zone change and the HBA is unable to process the RSCN fast enough. Although RSCNs are a normal part of a functioning SAN, the pause in I/O might not be acceptable. For these reasons, you should perform zone changes only when the resulting behavior is predictable and acceptable. Changing HBA drivers can rectify the situation. • Final verification After changing or enabling a zone configuration, confirm that the nodes and storage can identify and access one another. Depending on the platform, you might need to reboot one or more nodes in the fabric with the new changes. The zone configuration is managed on a fabric basis. Zoning can be implemented and administered from any switch in the fabric (it is best to use a newer switch such as the SAN Switch 4/32, SAN Switch 4/32B, 4/64 SAN Switch, or a Director) that has an Advanced Zoning license enabled. When a change in the configuration is saved, enabled, or disabled per the transactional model, it is automatically (by closing the transaction) distributed to all switches in the fabric, preventing a single point of failure for zone information. NOTE: Zoning commands make changes that affect the entire fabric. When executing fabric-level configuration tasks, allow time for the changes to propagate across the fabric before executing any subsequent commands. For a large fabric, you might want to wait several minutes between commands. Broadcast zones Fibre Channel allows sending broadcast frames to all Nx_Ports if the frame is sent to a broadcast well-known address (FF FF FF); however, many target devices and HBAs cannot handle broadcast frames. To control which devices receive broadcast frames, you can create a special zone, called a broadcast zone, which restricts broadcast packets to only those devices that are members of the broadcast zone. If there are no broadcast zones or if a broadcast zone is defined but not enabled, broadcast frames are not forwarded to any F_Ports. If a broadcast zone is enabled, broadcast frames are delivered only to those logged-in Nx_Ports that are members of the broadcast zone. Devices that are not members of the broadcast zone can send broadcast packets, even though they cannot receive them. A broadcast zone can have domain,port, WWN, and alias members. Fabric OS 5.3.0 administrator guide 377

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Fabric OS 5.3.0 administrator guide
377
Rules for configuring zones
Observe the following rules when configuring zones.
If security is a priority, you should use hard Zoning.
The use of aliases is optional with Zoning, and using aliases requires structure when defining zones.
However, aliases aid administrators of a zoned fabric to understand the structure and context.
Evaluate the security requirements of the fabric. If additional security is required, add Secure Fabric OS
into the fabric.
If the fabric includes a switch and you support a third-party switch product, they are only able to use
WWN Zoning; other types of Zoning, including QuickLoop, are not supported.
QuickLoop
Evaluate whether the fabric will also use QuickLoop Fabric Assist (QLFA) or QuickLoop (QL). If you are
running Fabric OS v4.x, consider the following before creating and setting up QLFA zones:
QuickLoop Zoning.
QuickLoop/QuickLoop zones cannot run on switches running Fabric OS
v4.x. However, Fabric OS v4.x can still manage (create, remove, update) QuickLoop zones on any
non-v4.x switch.
QuickLoop Fabric Assist.
Fabric OS v4.x cannot have a Fabric Assist host directly connected to
it. However, targets on a Fabric OS v4.x switch can still be part of a Fabric Assist zone if a Fabric
Assist host is connected to a non-v4.x switch.
Zone changes
Zone changes in a production fabric can cause a disruption of I/O when an RSCN is generated
because of the zone change and the HBA is unable to process the RSCN fast enough. Although RSCNs
are a normal part of a functioning SAN, the pause in I/O might not be acceptable. For these reasons,
you should perform zone changes only when the resulting behavior is predictable and acceptable.
Changing HBA drivers can rectify the situation.
Final verification
After changing or enabling a zone configuration, confirm that the nodes and storage can identify and
access one another. Depending on the platform, you might need to reboot one or more nodes in the
fabric with the new changes.
The zone configuration is managed on a fabric basis. Zoning can be implemented and administered
from any switch in the fabric (it is best to use a newer switch such as the SAN Switch 4/32, SAN Switch
4/32B, 4/64 SAN Switch, or a Director) that has an Advanced Zoning license enabled. When a
change in the configuration is saved, enabled, or disabled per the transactional model, it is
automatically (by closing the transaction) distributed to all switches in the fabric, preventing a single
point of failure for zone information.
NOTE:
Zoning commands make changes that affect the entire fabric. When executing fabric-level
configuration tasks, allow time for the changes to propagate across the fabric before executing any
subsequent commands. For a large fabric, you might want to wait several minutes between commands.
Broadcast zones
Fibre Channel allows sending broadcast frames to all Nx_Ports if the frame is sent to a broadcast
well-known address (FF FF FF); however, many target devices and HBAs cannot handle broadcast frames.
To control which devices receive broadcast frames, you can create a special zone, called a
broadcast
zone
, which restricts broadcast packets to only those devices that are members of the broadcast zone.
If there are no broadcast zones or if a broadcast zone is defined but not enabled, broadcast frames are
not forwarded to any F_Ports. If a broadcast zone
is
enabled, broadcast frames are delivered only to those
logged-in Nx_Ports that are members of the broadcast zone.
Devices that are not members of the broadcast zone can send broadcast packets, even though they cannot
receive them.
A broadcast zone can have
domain,port
, WWN, and alias members.