Failover Options; Enhanced Ti Zones - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

NOTE
TI zones are not supported with Network OS.

Failover options

A TI zone can have failover enabled or disabled.
Disable failover if you want to guarantee that TI zone traffic uses only the dedicated path, and that
no other traffic can use the dedicated path.
Enable failover if you want traffic to have alternate routes if either the dedicated or non-dedicated
paths cannot be used.
ATTENTION
If failover is disabled, use care when planning your TI zones so that non-TI zone devices are not
isolated. If disabled failover is not used correctly, it can cause major fabric disruptions that are
difficult to resolve.
For base switches, failover is always enabled, and you cannot change it.

Enhanced TI zones

In Fabric OS 6.4.0 or later, ports can be in multiple TI zones. Zones with overlapping port members
are called enhanced TI zones (ETIZ).
Enhanced TI zones are supported only on the following platforms:
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Enhanced TI zones are supported only if the following conditions are met:
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24-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch
40-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch
80-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch
48-port, 16 Gbps FC Switch
8 Gbps 12-port Embedded Switch
8 Gbps 24-port Embedded Switch
8 Gbps 16-port Embedded Switch
8 Gbps 24-port Embedded Switch
8 Gbps Extension Switch
8 Gbps 8-FC port, 10 GbE 24-DCB port Switch
8 Gbps 40-port Switch
16 Gbps 4-slot Backbone Chassis
16 Gbps 8-slot Backbone Chassis
8-slot Backbone Chassis
4-slot Backbone Chassis
8 Gbps Encryption Switch
Every switch must be one of the previously listed supported platforms.
Every switch must be running Fabric OS 6.4.0 or later.
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