HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide (53-0000194-01, - Page 143
Administering Zoning, Introducing Zoning
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Administering Zoning Chapter 9 This chapter briefly describes zoning and provides the procedures for managing zoning using Brocade Web Tools. It contains the following sections: • "Introducing Zoning," next • "Configuring Zoning" on page 9-2 • "Managing Zoning with WebTools" on page 9-4 • "Managing Zone Aliases" on page 9-9 • "Managing Zones" on page 9-11 • "Managing QuickLoops" on page 9-14 • "Managing Fabric Assist Zones" on page 9-17 • "Managing Zone Configurations" on page 9-20 • "Managing the Zoning Database" on page 9-29 • "Best Practices for Zoning" on page 9-35 Introducing Zoning Zoning enables you to partition a storage area network (SAN) into logical groups of devices that can access each other. For example, you can partition a SAN into two zones, winzone and unixzone, so that the Windows servers and storage do not interact with UNIX servers and storage. Zones can be configured dynamically. They can vary in size, depending on the number of fabricconnected devices, and devices can belong to more than one zone. Because zone members can access only other members of the same zone, a device not included in a zone is not available to members of that zone. When using a mixed fabric-that is, a fabric containing two or more switches running different fabric operating systems-you should use the switch with the highest Fabric OS level to perform zoning tasks. See "Best Practices for Zoning" on page 9-35 for more recommendations about zoning. When zone or Fabric Assist (FA) zone members are specified by fabric location only (domain, area), or by device name only (node name or port WWN), zone boundaries are enforced at the hardware level and the zone is referred to as a "hard zone." When zone members are specified by fabric location (domain, area) and other members of the same zone are specified by device name (node name or port WWN), zone enforcement depends on Name Server lookups, and the zone is referred to as a "soft zone." For more specific information about zoning concepts, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. Web Tools Administrator's Guide 9-1 Publication Number: 53-0000194-01