HP Surestore 64 HP Enterprise Connectivity Fabric Manager User's Guide - Page 77

Zoning Concepts Zoning is configured by authorizing or restricting access to name server information associated with device ports that attach to product ports. A zone member is specified by the number of the product port to which a device is attached, or by the 8-byte world-wide name assigned to the host bus adapter or Fibre Channel interface installed in a device. A device port can belong to multiple zones. Zoning concepts include: • Zones • Default Zone • Zone Sets • Zone Library • Active Zone Set Zones A zone is comprised of a set of members (maximum 4096) that can access each other. A member can be a product port or the WWN of the device. Ports and devices spread throughout multiple managed products in a multiswitch fabric may be grouped into the same zone. Members of a zone can see each other; members in different zones cannot. The number of members that you can configure for a zone varies according to the number of zones in the zone set, the length of the zone names, and other factors, but is essentially bounded by the available nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM) in the managed product. The type of zone members identified for a zone may be mixed and matched. For example, two members may be specified by a port number and the third member by the WWN of the device. Please note the following naming conventions when naming zones: • The first character of a zone name must be a letter (A-Z, a-z). Zoning Concepts 59 Fabric Zoning