Managing Zoning - Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

2. Double-click a field in the New Alias column to edit that alias.
3. Click OK when you are done.
The wizard also prompts you to delete the aliases of any offline devices. Follow the instructions in
the wizard.

Managing zoning

Zoning enables you to partition your fabric into logical groups of devices that can access each
other. For example, you can partition your fabric into two zones, winzone and unixzone, so that your
Windows servers and storage do not interact with your UNIX servers and storage.
Zones can be configured dynamically. They can vary in size, depending on the number of
fabric-connected devices, and devices can belong to more than one zone. Because zone members
can access only other members of the same zone, a device not included in a zone is not available
to members of that zone.
When zone members are specified by fabric location (domain, area) only, or by device name (node
name or port WWN) only, then zone boundaries can be enforced at the hardware level, and the
zone is referred to as a "hard zone."
When zone members are specified by fabric location (domain, area) and other elements of the
same zone are specified by device name (node name or port WWN), zone enforcement depends on
Name Server lookups, and the zone is referred to as a "soft zone."
This section provides instructions for validating and modifying the zoning configuration and
restoring zoning to the factory default (Typical zoning) setting.
Device accessibility depends on how zoning is set up on the switch. Zoning enables you to partition
your storage area network (SAN) into logical groups of devices that can access each other.
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FIGURE 34 Define Device Aliases Wizard
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