Creating And Modifying A Zone; Create A New Zone - McDATA 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual

Creating and Modifying a Zone

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Creating and Modifying a Zone

Create a New Zone

EFCM Basic User Manual
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Perform this procedure to configure, add, or delete zones. A zone is a
group of devices that can access each other through port- to-port
connections. Devices in the same zone can recognize and
communicate with each other; devices in different zones cannot. For a
listing of limits on parameters regarding zones, see
page 4-10.
ATTENTION! If, in your business practices, zoning tasks are performed
using both the Command Line Interface (CLI) and the
you risk conflicts in the configuration and functionality could be lost. It is
recommended that they not be used simultaneously.
To configure zones, select Configure > Zoning on the navigation panel.
The Zoning configuration page
Zones are created and modified in the Zone Name panel of the page.
Potential zone members are added to the Pending Zone Members
area, which shows the list of zone members.
You can use this panel to perform the following tasks:
• on page 4-14
Create a New Zone
•
Add Zones Members to a Zone
•
Remove Zone Members from a Zone
•
Save the Zone to the Zone Set
• on page 4-16
Rename a Zone
The two primary attributes of a zone are the zone name and the list of
zone members. To configure a zone, you can start with a blank zone
or by using an existing zone.
First add the zone name in the Zone Name field. The following
naming conventions apply to zones and zone sets:
• All names must be unique and may not differ by case only. For
example, zone-1 and Zone-1 are both valid individually, but are
not considered unique.
• The first character of a zone set name must be a letter
(A through Z or a through z).
Table 4-1
EFCM Basic
(Figure 4-3) displays.
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on page 4-16
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