Brocade EZSwitchSetup Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000607-02, June 2008)

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Managing zoning
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• Custom zoning
Custom zoning allows you to customize which HBAs can access which storage devices for a
single switch using a zoning matrix in the Switch Manager. You must connect all devices (HBA
and storage) to the switch before configuring zoning. Switch Manager then automatically
generates zones based on the zoning matrix.
Choose Custom zoning if you have a single-switch fabric, the devices are already connected,
and you want to customize how the HBAs access the storage devices.
• Advanced zoning
Advanced Zoning allows you to customize which HBAs can access which storage devices for
multiple switches. To use Advanced Zoning, you must launch Web Tools, as described in
“Accessing Web Tools for advanced management” on page 41.
Choose Advanced zoning if you have a multi-switch fabric.
Editing zoning configuration
You can customize which HBAs can access which storage devices.
If you make any zoning changes to the default Typical zoning configuration, you can later restore
the Typical zoning configuration by clicking Restore Default Typical Zoning in the task panel.
1. Click Edit under Zoning in the task panel.
The Edit Zoning wizard launches.
If no devices are connected to the switch, or if only storage devices or only HBAs are
connected, then the Switch Manager displays a message and the Edit Zoning wizard does not
launch.