Dell PowerEdge M1000e Web Tools Administrator’s Guide - Page 159

DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL Zone configuration and zoning database management 9 7. Optional: Repeat steps 5 and 6 to add more elements to your TI zone. 8. When you are finished, click OK. The Traffic Isolations Zones window displays. 9. Click Apply to save the TI zone configuration. Zone configuration and zoning database management A zone configuration is a group of zones; zoning is enabled on a fabric by enabling a specific configuration. You can specify members of a configuration using zone names. Figure 38 displays a sample zoning database and the relationship between the zone aliases, zones, and zoning configuration. The database contains one zoning configuration, myconfig, which contains two zones: Zone A and Zone B. The database also contains four aliases, which are members of Zone A and Zone B. Zone A and Zone B also have additional members other than the aliases. Zone Configuration: myconfig Zone A Alias 1 WWN 1; WWN 2; WWN 3 Alias 2 WWN 4; Other Elements Alias 3 WWN 5 Zone B Alias 4 WWW 5; WWN 6; WWN7 Other Elements WWW 9 FIGURE 38 Sample zoning database Creating zone configurations Use the following procedure to create a zone configuration. After creating a zone configuration, you must explicitly enable it for it to take effect. For information on enabling the configuration, refer to "Enabling zone configurations" on page 134. Web Tools Administrator's Guide 131 53-1001772-01