EMC Connectrix EC-1100 System User Manual page 96

Fabric Zoning
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Default Zone
Zone Sets
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A default zone consists of all devices that have not been configured as
members of a zone in a currently active zone set. Here are some
important points to remember about zone sets:
• You can enable or disable the default zone separately from the
active zone set using the Default Zone option in the Configure
icon's pop-up menu. Enabling the default zone allows all devices
and ports not configured as members of the active zone set to
communicate. If the default zone is disabled, these ports and
devices cannot communicate.
CAUTION
!
Default Zoning is disabled as a factory default. All ED-1032s
should be configured with this option disabled. Device driver
installation procedures assume this option is disabled.
• When no zone set is activated, then all devices are considered to
be in the default zone.
If a zone set is active, then all connected devices that are not included
as members of a zone in the active zone set are included in the default
zone.
A zone set is a group of zones that you can activate or deactivate as a
single entity across all directors in either a single switch or a
multiswitch fabric. Only one zone set can be active at one time. HBAs
with EMC-approved device drivers will discover only those storage
devices in their zone. A storage WWN can be a member of many
zones.
By activating a zone set, you are making all zones in the set active.
Configure up to 64 zone sets, each containing up to 256 zones. An
active zone set is a zone set that is currently active across all directors
in a multiswitch fabric. Only one zone set can be active at one time.
Here are some important points to remember about zone sets:
• If no zone set is active, and the default zone is disabled, then no
devices can communicate.
• If you activate a specific zone set, that set will replace the
currently-active zone set.