Configuring And Managing Zones; Information About Zoning - Cisco nexus 5000 series Cli Configuration Manual

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Configuring and Managing Zones

Zoning enables you to set up access control between storage devices or user groups. If you have
administrator privileges in your fabric, you can create zones to increase network security and to prevent
data loss or corruption. Zoning is enforced by examining the source-destination ID field.
Advanced zoning capabilities specified in the FC-GS-4 and FC-SW-3 standards are supported. You can
use either the existing basic zoning capabilities or the advanced, standards-compliant zoning
capabilities.
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Information About Zoning

Zoning is described in the following topics:
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Information About Zoning, page 1-1
Configuring Zones, page 1-7
Zone Sets, page 1-8
Zone Set Distribution, page 1-13
Zone Set Duplication, page 1-15
Verifying Zone Information, page 1-17
Enhanced Zoning, page 1-18
Compacting the Zone Database, page 1-23
Zone and Zone Set Analysis, page 1-24
Default Settings, page 1-24
lists the differences between zones and VSANs.
Zoning Features, page 1-2
Zoning Example, page 1-3
Zone Implementation, page 1-4
Active and Full Zone Set Configuration Guidelines, page 1-5
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