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Guidelines to Setting Up Zoning, E_Port etc..

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Zoning Concepts Guidelines to Setting Up Zoning Below are some guidelines for setting up zoning in your fabric: ■ Create a detailed diagram of the fabric, showing all the switches with their inter-switch links (ISLs). The diagram will help to account for every port in the fabric. ■ Create an expanded diagram of each switch in the fabric. This diagram will account for every port type on each switch in the fabric (F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port etc.). ■ If the fabric is going to contain private loop devices (QuickLoop), then the user will need to account for this. Refer to Rules of Zoning Architecture on page 43. ■ Consider turning off unused ports that have nothing connected to them within zoned fabrics. This is a decision that will affect the security of the fabric. If Secure Fabric OS is utilized, a policy to lock down ports can be implemented. ■ For a fabrics with multiple zones enabled within it, it is best to configure one zone at a time and then test it with the Zone Analyzer available in Web Tools. Do not create all the zones at once; it will be more difficult to debug than creating and testing one zone at a time. After the first zone is set up in the fabric, the user may plug in devices and then test the connections to confirm that everything is functioning properly. Zoning Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide 21

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Zoning Concepts
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Zoning Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide
Guidelines to Setting Up Zoning
Below are some guidelines for setting up zoning in your fabric:
■
Create a detailed diagram of the fabric, showing all the switches with their
inter-switch links (ISLs). The diagram will help to account for every port in
the fabric.
■
Create an expanded diagram of each switch in the fabric. This diagram will
account for every port type on each switch in the fabric (F_Port, FL_Port,
E_Port etc.).
■
If the fabric is going to contain private loop devices (QuickLoop), then the
user will need to account for this. Refer to
Rules of Zoning Architecture
on
page 43.
■
Consider turning off unused ports that have nothing connected to them within
zoned fabrics. This is a decision that will affect the security of the fabric. If
Secure Fabric OS is utilized, a policy to lock down ports can be implemented.
■
For a fabrics with multiple zones enabled within it, it is best to configure one
zone at a time and then test it with the Zone Analyzer available in Web Tools.
Do not create all the zones at once; it will be more difficult to debug than
creating and testing one zone at a time. After the first zone is set up in the
fabric, the user may plug in devices and then test the connections to confirm
that everything is functioning properly.