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Storage Essentials 5.00.01 User Guide 301
Use the following table as a guideline for setting up zoning.
Keep in mind the following:
• If you use another product to make zoning changes, such as add a zone, you must perform
Discovery Data Collection or Get Detailsfor the management server to be made aware of these
changes.
• The management server creates a zone by finding the port or Worldwide Name of discovered
elements. The management server cannot create a zone by Fibre Channel addresses. An active
zone will appear empty in the user interface of the management server if you use third-party
software to create the zone by Fibre Channel addresses.
Use the following table for more information about what is supported for each type of switch.
Table 45 Setting Up Zoning
Step Description Where to Find
1 (Optional) Create a zone alias. Zone aliases
are used to give meaningful names to switch
ports, HBA ports, or storage system ports.
”Creating Zone Aliases” on page 303
2 Create zones. Zoning is the primary tool to
constrain groups of SAN members. A zone
defines a logical SAN that contains limited
element membership.
The only elements visible to members of a zone
are other members of that zone.
”Creating a Zone in a Fabric” on
page 305
3 Create zone sets. A zone set contains multiple
zones.
”Creating a Zone Set” on page 308
4 Activate a zone set. A switch fabric can have
multiple zone sets defined, but only one zone
set can be active.
”Activating a Zone Set” on page 311
Table 46 Zoning Support
Switch
Type
Active
Zones
Inactive
Zones
Aliases Zone/Zone Set
Provisioning
Port
Statistics
Brocade Y Y Y Y Y
*McDATA
SWAPI to
EFCM
YY NY Y
*McDATA
SNMP through
proxy
NN NN Y