Zone objects
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300
Zone configurations
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301
Zoning enforcement
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301
Considerations for zoning architecture
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302
Best practices for zoning
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302
Broadcast zones
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303
Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing
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304
High availability considerations with broadcast zones
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304
Loop devices and broadcast zones
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304
Broadcast zones and default zoning mode
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304
Zone aliases
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304
Creating an alias
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305
Adding members to an alias
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305
Removing members from an alias
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306
Deleting an alias
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306
Viewing an alias in the defined configuration
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307
Zone creation and maintenance
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307
Displaying existing zones
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307
Creating a zone
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308
Adding devices (members) to a zone
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309
Removing devices (members) from a zone
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310
Replacing zone members
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311
Deleting a zone
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312
Viewing a zone
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313
Viewing zone configuration names without case distinction
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314
Validating a zone
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315
Default zoning mode
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318
Setting the default zoning mode
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319
Viewing the current default zone access mode
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319
Zone database size
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320
Zone configurations
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320
Creating a zone configuration
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321
Adding zones to a zone configuration
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321
Removing members from a zone configuration
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322
Enabling a zone configuration
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322
Disabling a zone configuration
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322
Validating zone members in the zone configuration
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323
Deleting a zone configuration
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325
Abandoning zone configuration changes
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326
Viewing all zone configuration information
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326
Viewing selected zone configuration information
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326
Viewing the zone aliases in the zone configuration
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327
Viewing the configuration in the effective zone database
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328
Clearing all zone configurations
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328
Zone object maintenance
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329
Copying a zone object
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329
Deleting a zone object
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330
Renaming a zone object
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330
Zone configuration management
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331
Security and zoning
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331
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