Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 3800 Hardware Reference Manual page 57

WWN
zone
zone
configuration
SilkWorm 3800 Hardware Reference
Worldwide name. An identifier that is unique worldwide. Each entity in a fabric
has a separate WWN.
A set of devices and hosts attached to the same fabric and configured as being in
the same zone. Devices and hosts within the same zone have access permission to
others in the zone, but are not visible to any outside the zone.
A specified set of zones. Enabling a configuration enables all zones in that
configuration. See also defined zone configuration, enabled zone configuration.
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