Zoning Example - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring and Managing Zones

Zoning Example

Note For configuration limits on configuring the number of zones, zone members and zone sets, refer to the Cisco
MDS NX-OS Configuration Limits.
Zoning Example
Figure 5: Fabric with Two Zones , on page 39 illustrates a zoneset with two zones, zone 1 and zone 2, in a
fabric. Zone 1 provides access from all three hosts (H1, H2, H3) to the data residing on storage systems S1
and S2. Zone 2 restricts the data on S3 to access only by H3. Note that H3 resides in both zones.
Figure 5: Fabric with Two Zones
There are other ways to partition this fabric into zones. Figure 6: Fabric with Three Zones , on page 39
illustrates another possibility. Assume that there is a need to isolate storage system S2 for the purpose of
testing new software. To achieve this, zone 3 is configured, which contains only host H2 and storage S2. You
can restrict access to just H2 and S2 in zone 3, and to H1 and S1 in zone 1.
Figure 6: Fabric with Three Zones
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