Identifying The Enforced Zone Type; Hardware-Enforced Overlapping Zones; Zoning With Hardware Assist (Mixed-Port And Wwn Zones); Session-Based Hard Zoning - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Port_Zone1
Port_Zone2
Figure 28

Hardware-enforced overlapping zones

Any zone using a mixed zoning scheme on the Fabric OS 2-Gb/s platform relies on name server
authentication as well as hardware-assisted (ASIC) authentication. Hardware-assisted authentication
ensures that any PLOGI, ADISC, PDISC, or ACC from an unauthorized device is rejected if that device is
attempting to access a device that is not in the same zone. Fabric OS 2-Gb/s switches always deploy the
hardware assist, in any zone configuration (see
Port_WWN
Zone1
Port_WWN
Zone2
Figure 29

Zoning with hardware assist (mixed-port and WWN zones)

Port_Zone1
WWN_Zone1
Figure 30

Session-based hard zoning

In Figure 30, only the overlapping ports are software-enforced with hardware assist.

Identifying the enforced zone type

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
240 Administering advanced zoning
WWN_Zone1
Core
WWN_Zone2
Switch
Zone Boundaries
Figure 29
Port_WWN
Zone3
Core
Port_WWN
Switch
Zone4
Zone Boundaries
Port_Zone2
Core
WWN_Zone2
Switch
Zone Boundaries
22.3b(13.3)
and Figure 30 on page 240).
22.4b(13.4)
22.5b(13.5)