Supported Configurations For Traffic Isolation Zoning; Additional Configuration Rules For Enhanced Ti Zones - HP StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Supported configurations for Traffic Isolation Zoning

Supported configurations for Traffic Isolation Zoning

The following configuration rules apply to TI zones:
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Additional configuration rules for enhanced TI zones

Enhanced TI zones (ETIZ) have the following additional configuration rules:
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FC router domains are excluded from the ETIZ platform restrictions. You can create enhanced TI
zones with these switches in the fabric.
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E-Port Trunks
Trunk members in TI zone: 8
Trunk members not in TI zone: 9 10
E-Port Trunks
Trunk members in TI zone: 16
Trunk members not in TI zone: 17 18
Ports in a TI zone must belong to switches that run Fabric OS v6.0.0 or later. For TI over FCR
zones, all switches and FC routers in both edge and backbone fabrics must be running
Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later.
For the FC8-64 blade in the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510-8, ports 48–63 can be in a TI zone
only if all switches in that TI zone are running Fabric OS v6.4.0 or later. Ports 48–63 can still be
in a failover path for TI traffic.
The Brocade DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 do not have this limitation.
VE_Ports are supported in TI zones.
TI Zoning is not supported in fabrics with switches running firmware versions earlier than
Fabric OS v6.0.0. However, the existence of a TI zone in such a fabric is backward-compatible
and does not disrupt fabric operation in switches running earlier firmware versions.
TI over FCR is not backward compatible with Fabric OS v6.0.x or earlier. The -1 in the
domain,index entries causes issues to legacy switches in a zone merge. Firmware downgrade
is prevented if TI over FCR zones exist.
Enhanced TI zones are supported only if every switch in the fabric is ETIZ capable. A switch is
ETIZ capable if it meets the following qualifications:
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The switch must be one of the supported platforms, as listed in
software" on page 34.
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The switch must be running Fabric OS v6.4.0 or later.
If the fabric contains a switch running an earlier version of Fabric OS, you cannot create an
enhanced TI zone. You cannot merge a downlevel switch into a fabric containing enhanced TI
zones, and you cannot merge a switch with enhanced TI zones defined into a fabric containing
switches that do not support ETIZ.
Overlapping TI zones must have the same failover type. That is, both must be either failover
enabled or failover disabled.
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