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zone
To create a Fibre Channel (FC) switched fabric zone, use the zone command.
zone name
Syntax Description
Defaults None.
Command Modes Administrator.
Command History
Usage Guidelines FC fabric zoning enables you to divide ports and devices of the FC fabric into zones to provide more
efficient and secure communication among grouped nodes. Zones are named groups of ports or devices
that can communicate with each other. Zone membership can be defined by World Wide Port Name
(WWPN), port number or FC address. The storage router supports zone membership defined by WWPN
(or alias) only.
Zone members can only communicate with other members in the same zone; however, a port or device
can be a member of multiple zones.
Caution If the storage router is connected to the FC switched fabric, all zoning changes (including the creation
of a new FC zone) are immediately propagated to other SN 5428-2 Storage Routers and switches in the
fabric.
See Chapter 5, “Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces,” for more information about FC switched fabric
zones.
Examples The following example creates a zone named labzone3:
[SN5428-2A]# zone labzone3
name The name of the zone created by this command. Enter a maximum of 31
characters. The name must begin with an alpha character.
Release Modification
3.2.1 This command was introduced.