Types Of Zones - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

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Zoning overview
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NOTE
Zone objects based on physical port number or port ID (D,I ports) are not supported in Network OS
fabrics.

Types of zones

The following types of zones are supported:
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Server 1
Red Zone
Storage 3
Zoning
Standard zones
Enable you to partition your fabric into logical groups of devices that can access each other.
These are "regular" or "standard" zones. Unless otherwise specified, all references to zones
refer to these standard zones.
Frame redirection zones
Reroute frames between an initiator and target through a Virtual Initiator and Virtual Target for
special processing or functionality, such as for storage virtualization or encryption. Refer to
"Redirection zones" on page 682 for more information.
LSAN zones
Provide device connectivity between fabrics without merging the fabrics. Refer to
on page 738 for more information.
Storage 1
Green Zone
Server 3
Blue Zone
Server 2
Storage 2
RAID
"LSAN zones"
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