Zone - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c Command Reference Manual

zone

Performs specific zone operations, manages Traffic Isolation (TI) Zones, and Frame Redirect (RD)
Zones.
SYNOPSIS
zone --help
zone --copy [source_AD] source_zone_object
[dest_zone_object][-f]
zone --expunge "zone_object"
zone --validate [[-f|] [-m mode] ["zone_object"]]]
zone --create -t objecttype [-o optlist] name -p portlist
zone --add [-o optlist] name -p portlist
zone --remove name -p portlist
zone --delete name
zone --activate name
zone --deactivate name
zone --show [name][ -ascending]
zone --showTIerrors
zone --rdcreate [host_wwn] [target_wwn]
[vi_wwn] [vt_wwn] [policy] [FCR | noFCR]
zone --rddelete name
DESCRIPTION
The zone command supports three types of operations: specific zone operations, management of Traffic
Isolation Zones, and management of Frame Redirect (RD) Zones.
1. Manage Zoning Operations
Use the --copy, --expunge, and --validate options to perform specific zoning operations. These
commands follow a batched-transaction model.
2. Manage Traffic Isolation (TI) Zones
Use the --create, --add, --remove, --delete, --activate, --deactivate, and --show options to manage
Traffic Isolation Zones.
TI zones control the flow of interswitch traffic by provisioning certain E_Ports to carry only traffic flowing
from a specific set of source ports. The provision (a.k.a TI Zone) is part of the defined zone configuration
and does not appear in the effective zone configuration. A Maximum of 255 TI Zones can be created in
one fabric.
TI zones over FCR provide the ability to lock down a request and corresponding response to the same
VE_Port tunnel for a given pair of devices in two separate fabrics. TI over FCR has two working parts:
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TI within edge fabric routes traffic between a real device and a Proxy device to a specified EX_Port.
TI within backbone fabric locks down the route within the backbone fabric based on EX_Ports and
devices involved.
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