Lsan Zones; Supported Configurations For Lsan Zoning; Configuring Lsan Zoning - Brocade Communications Systems WFT-2D User Manual

LSAN zones

Connecting to another network through a Fibre Channel (FC) router, you can create an LSAN zone to
include zone objects on other fabrics. No merging takes place across the FC router when you create
an LSAN zone.

Supported configurations for LSAN zoning

LSAN zoning is available only for backbone fabrics and any directly connected edge fabrics. A
backbone fabric is a fabric that contains an FC router. All discovered backbone fabrics have the
prefix LSAN_ in their fabric name, which is listed in the Zoning Scope list.
LSAN zones are supported between the following types of fabrics:
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NOTE
LSAN zoning is supported only in Enterprise and Professional Plus editions.

Configuring LSAN zoning

The following procedure provides an overview of the steps you must perform to configure LSAN
zoning.
1. Select a backbone fabric from the Connectivity Map or Product List.
2. Select Configure > Zoning > LSAN Zoning (Device Sharing).
3. Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.
4. If you want to show all edge fabrics in your backbone fabric in the Potential Members list,
5. Create the LSAN zones.
6. Add members to each zone.
7.
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The Zoning dialog box displays, with the LSAN scope.
right-click a device and select Table > Expand All.
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NOTE
You cannot add an LSAN zone to a zone configuration. LSAN zones are automatically added to
the active zone configuration. If the fabric does not have an active zone configuration, then a
zone configuration with the name LSAN_CFG_timestamp is automatically created and the
LSAN zone is added to it.
Click Activate.
The Activate LSAN Zones dialog box displays.
"Creating an LSAN zone"
"Adding members to the LSAN zone"
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