Configuring Lsan Zoning - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

LSAN zones are supported between the following types of fabrics:
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NOTE
LSAN zoning is supported only in Enterprise and Professional Plus editions.

Configuring LSAN zoning

The following procedure provides an overview of the steps you must perform to configure LSAN
zoning.
Note that for any zoning-related procedure, changes to a zone database are not saved until you
click OK or Apply on the Zoning dialog box.
1. Select a backbone fabric from the Connectivity Map or Product List.
2. Select Configure > Zoning > LSAN Zoning (Device Sharing).
3. Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.
4. If you want to show all edge fabrics in your backbone fabric in the Potential Members list,
5. Create the LSAN zones.
6. Add members to each zone.
7.
8. Review the information in the Activate LSAN Zones dialog box.
9. Click OK to activate the LSAN zones and close the dialog box.
10. Click OK to close the Zoning dialog box.
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The Zoning dialog box displays.
right-click a device and select Table > Expand All.
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NOTE
You cannot add an LSAN zone to a zone configuration. LSAN zones are automatically added to
the active zone configuration. If the fabric does not have an active zone configuration, then a
zone configuration with the name LSAN_CFG_timestamp is automatically created and the
LSAN zone is added to it.
Click Activate.
The Activate LSAN Zones dialog box displays.
A message displays with information about activating LSAN zones and asking whether you
want to proceed. Click Yes to confirm the activation, or click No to cancel the activation.
If the LSAN zone contains only online members, it is pushed to the fabric that contains the
online devices. If the LSAN zone contains only offline members, it is not pushed to any other
fabric, and you must manually push the zones to the fabric that does not contain any online
devices and activate the zones in that fabric.
"Creating an LSAN zone"
"Adding members to the LSAN zone"
LSAN zones
on page 740.
on page 740.
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