Task 22: Configure Zoning (Optional); Task 23: Connect Product To A Fabric Element (Optional) - McDATA 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 Installation And Service Manual

Task 22: Configure Zoning (Optional)

Task 23: Connect Product to a Fabric Element (Optional)

Perform this procedure to configure, change, add, or delete zones;
and to configure, change, enable, or disable zone sets.
• Zone - 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.
• Zone set - A zone set is a group of zones that is activated or
deactivated as a single entity across all managed products in
either a single switch or a multiswitch fabric. Only one zone set
can be active at one time.
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).
• A zone set name cannot contain spaces.
• Valid characters are alphanumerics and the caret ( ^ ),
hyphen ( - ), underscore ( _ ), or dollar ( $ ) symbols.
• A zone set name can have a maximum of 64 characters.
If the installation is performed from the EFCM Basic Edition
interface, refer to the McDATA EFCM Basic Edition User Manual
(620-000240) for instructions. If the installation is performed from the
management server, refer to the SANavigator Software Release 4.2 User
Manual (621-000013) or EFC Manager Software Release 8.7 User Manual
(620-000170) for instructions.
To provide fabric-attached Fibre channel connectivity for devices
connected to the product, connect the product to an expansion port
(E_Port) of a fabric element (switch or director). Any switch can be
used to form this ISL. To connect the product to a fabric element and
create an ISL:
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