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Glossary Zone Configuration A specified set of zones. Enabling a configuration enables all zones in that configuration. See also Defined Configuration, Enabled Configuration. Zone A set of devices and hosts attached to the same fabric and configured as being in the same zone. Devices and hosts within the same zone have access permission to others in the zone, but are not visible to any outside the zone. See also Zoning. Zoning A feature that runs on Fabric OS and allows partitioning of the fabric into logical groupings of devices. Devices in a zone can only access and be accessed by devices in the same zone. See also Zone. 74 Quickloop Fabric Assist User Guide

Section	Page
Quickloop Fabric Assist User Guide	1
Contents	3
About this Guide	5
1- Introducing QuickLoop	11
QuickLoop Overview	11
QuickLoop Basics	12
Address Translation	12
Combining QuickLoop and Zoning	13
2- Installing a QuickLoop	15
Installation Overview	15
Installing a QuickLoop Using Telnet	16
Installing a QuickLoop Using Web Tools	17
3- Using Quick Loop	19
Overview	19
Administering QuickLoop	20
Web Tools	20
Telnet Commands	20
QuickLoop Topology	21
QuickLoop Implementation	22
Terminology	22
N_port	22
NL_port	22
Dual-switch QuickLoop	23
QuickLoop Initialization	23
Pass 1: Sequential Looplet Initialization	24
Pass 2: Full Initialization	24
Sample Configurations	24
Configuration 1: Emulating a Hub	25
Figure 1: QuickLoop-enabled switch used as concentrator	25
Configuration 2: Dual-switch QuickLoop	26
Figure 2: QuickLoop configured as dual-switch	26
Configuration 3: Long Wave Laser Connection	27
Figure 3: QuickLoop configured as long-distance QuickLoop	27
Configuration 4: Mixed QuickLoop Mode and Fabric Mode	28
Figure 4: QuickLoop configuration in mixed mode	28
Table 1: Configuration Access Methods	29
Error Handling	29
Switch Level Errors	29
Port Level Errors	30
4- Using QuickLoop Fabric Assist Mode	31
Overview	31
Characteristics and Configuration Guidelines	32
Fault Isolation and Security	33
How Fabric Assist Mode Works	34
Zone Configuration Limits	34
LIP Propagation and Private Targets	35
Fabric Assist Mode Hosts and QuickLoop Zoning	35
Preferred Phantom AL_PA Assignment	36
AL_PA Assignment Rules	36
Figure 1: Example of preferred AL_PA process	38
Sample Fabric Assist Mode Zone Configurations	38
Configuration 1: Single Fabric Assist Mode Zone	38
Figure 2: Fabric Assist Mode Zone Configuration Example	39
Telnet Commands for Configuration 1	40
Configuration 2: Two Fabric Assist Mode Zones in a Fabric	40
Figure 3: Configuration with two Fabric Assist mode zones	41
Telnet Commands for Configuration 2	42
5- Fabric Assist Mode Telnet Commands	43
Overview	43
Table 1: Fabric Assist Mode Telnet Commands	44
Telnet Commands	45
Glossary	57
Index	75
A	75
B	75
C	75
D	75
E	75
F	75
H	75
I	75
L	76
M	76
N	76
P	76
Q	76
R	76
S	77
T	77
W	77

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Quickloop Fabric Assist User Guide

Zone Configuration

A specified set of zones. Enabling a configuration enables all zones in that configuration.