Configuring And Managing Zones; About Zoning - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring and Managing Zones

Zoning enables you to set up access control between storage devices or user groups. If you have administrator
privileges in your fabric, you can create zones to increase network security and to prevent data loss or corruption.
Zoning is enforced by examining the source-destination ID field.
Advanced zoning capabilities specified in the FC-GS-4 and FC-SW-3 standards are provided. You can use
either the existing basic zoning capabilities or the advanced, standards-compliant zoning capabilities.
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About Zoning

Zoning has the following features:
• A zone consists of multiple zone members.
About Zoning, on page 37
Autozone, on page 44
Zone Configuration, on page 53
Zone Sets, on page 61
ZoneSet Distribution, on page 76
Zoneset Duplication, on page 80
Advanced Zone Attributes, on page 89
Displaying Zone Information, on page 104
Enhanced Zoning, on page 112
Compacting the Zone Database for Downgrading, on page 133
Zone and ZoneSet Analysis, on page 134
Zoning Best Practice, on page 137
Enhancing Zone Server Performance, on page 149
Zone Server SNMP Optimization, on page 150
Zone Server Delta Distribution, on page 151
Default Settings , on page 152
• Members in a zone can access each other; members in different zones cannot access each other.
• If zoning is not activated, all devices are members of the default zone.
• If zoning is activated, any device that is not in an active zone (a zone that is part of an active zoneset)
is a member of the default zone.
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