Intelligent Zoning; Enhanced Zoning; Device Alias Distribution; Inter-Vsan Routing - Cisco DS-X9530-SF1-K9 - Supervisor-1 Module - Control Processor Configuration Manual

Chapter 1 Product Overview
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Intelligent Zoning

Zoning controls access between devices in a VSAN. Zoning accomplishes the following:
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Enhanced Zoning

The zoning feature is compliant with FC-GS-4 and FC-SW-3. Both standards support the basic zoning
features explained in the
"About Enhanced Zoning" section on page

Device Alias Distribution

All switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family offer a new alias distribution feature called Distributed
Device Alias Services (device alias). You now have the option to distribute device alias names on a
fabric-wide basis.
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Inter-VSAN Routing

Using Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR), resources across VSANs can be accessed without compromising
other VSAN benefits. Valuable resources such as tape libraries are easily shared across VSANs without
compromise. Routes that traverse one or more VSANs across multiple switches can be established, if
necessary, to establish proper interconnections. IVR used in conjunction with FCIP provides more
efficient business continuity or disaster recovery solutions.
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OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Partitions devices that use different operating systems. In a heterogeneous environment, it is often
necessary to separate servers and storage devices to avoid accidental transfer of information between
devices with different operating systems. Such transfers could result in corruption or deletion of
data.
Creates logical subsets of closed user groups. Closed user groups are needed to enforce security or
to separate functional areas across the fabric.
Configures groups of devices that are separate from the rest of the fabric. Based on the assigned zone
membership, devices outside the zone cannot access devices internal to the zone.
Provides temporary access between devices (zone sets). Zone restrictions can be imposed
temporarily, and then restored to revert to normal operation, if desired.
Restricts access to specific logical unit numbers (LUNs) associated with a device.
Allows members to have only read-only access to the media within a read-only Fibre Channel zone.
Chapter 19, "Configuring and Managing Zones."
Intelligent Zoning
Chapter 20, "Distributing Device Alias Services."
Chapter 18, "Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing."
section and the enhanced zoning features described the
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