Enabling Failover On A Traffic Isolation Zone; Disabling Failover On A Traffic Isolation Zone - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

5. Click OK or Apply to save your changes.

Enabling failover on a Traffic Isolation zone

NOTE
Traffic Isolation zones are configurable only on a Fabric OS device.
1. Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric.
2. Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.
3. Select a fabric from the Zoning Scope list.
4. Right-click the Traffic Isolation zone upon which you want to enable failover in the Zones list
5. Click OK or Apply to save your changes.

Disabling failover on a Traffic Isolation zone

NOTE
Traffic Isolation zones are configurable only on a Fabric OS device.
If failover is disabled, be aware of the following considerations:
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ATTENTION
If failover is disabled, use care when planning your TI zones so that non-TI zone devices are not
isolated. If the disabled failover configuration is not correct, it can cause major fabric disruptions
that are difficult to resolve.
You cannot disable failover if the TI zone was created in the base fabric or in a fabric in which a
logical switch is configured to use XISLs (the Base Fabric for Transport check box is selected).
1. Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric.
2. Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.
3. Select a fabric from the Zoning Scope list.
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The Traffic Isolation zone is not disabled until you activate a zone configuration in the same
zone database.
The Zoning dialog box displays.
This identifies the target entity for all subsequent zoning actions and displays the zoning
database for the selected entity.
and select Configured Failover.
Ensure that there are non-dedicated paths through the fabric for all devices that are not in a TI
zone.
If you create a TI zone with E_Ports only, failover must be enabled. If failover is disabled, the
specified ISLs will not be able to route any traffic.
Ensure that there are multiple paths between switches. Disabling failover locks the specified
route so that only TI zone traffic can use it.
The Zoning dialog box displays.
Traffic Isolation zones
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