HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide (53-0000194-01, - Page 144

9 Zoning and Admin Domains Each Admin Domain has its own zone database, with both defined and effective zone configurations and all related zone objects (zones, zone aliases, and zone members). Within an Admin Domain, you can configure zoning only with the devices that are present in that Admin Domain (direct members). If you upgrade a fabric to Fabric OS 5.2.0 or higher, the zone database from the pre-v5.2.0 fabric is referred to as the "root zone database" and is owned by AD0. Each zone database has its own namespace; for example, the zone name test_z1 can be defined in more than one Admin Domain. No zone databases are linked to the physical fabric (AD255). The only zone operation supported from AD255 is viewing the complete hierarchical zone database (zone databases of AD0 through AD254) using the command line interface. See the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for additional information. If you implement Admin Domains, the default zoning mode must be set to No Access before you create Admin Domains. See "Setting the Default Zoning Mode" on page 9-3. See page 9-5 for additional information about how Admin Domains affect zoning. Configuring Zoning This section outlines the basic steps for configuring zoning as shown below. • "Creating and Populating Zone Aliases" on page 9-9 • "Creating and Populating Zones" on page 9-11 • "Creating Zone Configurations" on page 9-21 • "Saving Local Zoning Changes" on page 9-7 • "Enabling Zone Configurations" on page 9-23 The next section describes the Zone Admin module, in which all of the zoning tasks are performed. The remainder of this chapter provides procedures for managing zones, zone aliases, zone configurations, and zone server information. 9-2 Web Tools Administrator's Guide Publication Number: 53-0000194-01