Default Zone - HP 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 User Manual

Using Port Numbers
To identify a zone member by port number, use the domain identification number of
the managed product and the port number on that managed product. For example:
Domain 1, Port 1
NOTE: Port numbers cannot be used for zone members if the interoperability mode for the
Switch or Director is set to Open Fabric 1.0 mode.
Port numbers can be 0-n, with n representing the number of ports on the managed
product minus one. When you define a zone member by a port number, any device
attached through that port is included in the zone. A port number that you assign as a
zone member is automatically prefixed with the domain identification number of the
managed product.
The advantage of identifying a zone member by port number is that if the HBA on an
attached device fails, you do not have to identify the member with the WWN of the
replacement HBA.
A disadvantage of port zoning is that someone may rearrange cable connections to
ports (because of port failures or other reasons) and inadvertently allow devices to
communicate that should not have access to each other.
NOTE: If a managed product's Domain ID changes, you must reconfigure all zones that
contained the managed product's port as a zone member. HP recommends assigning unique
preferred Domain ID's to each Switch in the fabric using the Configure Switch Parameters
dialog box in the Product Manager.

Default Zone

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:
• While viewing the Fabrics tab, you can enable or disable the default zone
separately from the active zone set by selecting the Configure Default Zone
option from the Advanced Zoning options in the Configure 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.
• 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 a
members of a zone in the active zone set are included in the default zone.
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