HP StorageWorks 2/16 - SAN Switch Installation Manual page 96

Glossary
Zone Configuration
A specified set of zones. Enabling a configuration enables all zones in that configuration.
Zone
A set of devices and hosts attached to the same fabric and configured as being in the same
zone. Devices and hosts within the same zone have access permission to others in the zone,
but are not visible to any outside the zone.
Zoning
A feature that runs on Fabric OS and allows partitioning of the fabric into logical groupings
of devices. Devices in a zone can only access and be accessed by devices in the same zone.
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