Switch Port Members; Switch Members - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Switch port members

Switch port members are defined by switch (domain, port). A switch port member:
• Grants port control rights and zoning rights for that switch port.
• Grants view access and zoning rights to the device connected to that switch port.
• Allows you to share (domain, port) members across multiple Admin Domains. In each Admin Domain,
you can also zone shared devices differently.
• Implicitly includes all devices connected to the specified (domain, port) members in the Admin Domain
membership.
• Allows you to specify a range of ports as Admin Domain members. For example: <D,[0-15]>. The
port range arguments are expanded and stored in the Admin Domain member list.
If a device is a member of an Admin Domain, the switch port to which the device is connected becomes an
indirect member of that Admin Domain and the (domain, port) is removed from the AD0 implicit
membership list.
NOTE: The (domain, port) members are not automatically changed when the switch domain ID changes.

Switch members

Switch members are defined by the switch WWN or domain ID. A switch member:
• Grants administrative control to the switch.
• Grants port control for all ports in that switch.
• Allows switch administrative operations such as switchDisable, switchEnable, reboot, and
firmwareDownload.
• Does not provide zoning rights for the switch ports or devices.
To allow devices to be zoned within Admin Domains, you must specify the port members using (domain,
port) or device WWN members.
E_Ports (E_Ports, VE_Ports, EX_Ports, and VEX_Ports) are implicitly shared across all Admin Domains. An
administrator can perform port control (such as portDisable or portEnable) only if the (domain, port)
of the E_Port is part of the Admin Domain.
NOTE: Only the WWN of the switch is saved in the Admin Domain. If you change the domain ID of the
switch, the Admin Domain ownership of the switch is not changed.
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