Zoning Example; Zone Implementation - Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring and Managing Zones

Zoning Example

The following figure shows a zone set with two zones, zone 1 and zone 2, in a fabric. Zone 1 provides access
from all three hosts (H1, H2, H3) to the data residing on storage systems S1 and S2. Zone 2 restricts the data
on S3 to access only by H3. H3 resides in both zones.
Figure 23: Fabric with Two Zones
You can use other ways to partition this fabric into zones. The following figure shows another possibility.
Assume that there is a need to isolate storage system S2 for the purpose of testing new software. To achieve
this, zone 3 is configured, which contains only host H2 and storage S2. You can restrict access to only H2
and S2 in zone 3, and to H1 and S1 in zone 1.
Figure 24: Fabric with Three Zones

Zone Implementation

Cisco SAN switches automatically support the following basic zone features (no additional configuration is
required):
• Zones are contained in a VSAN.
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