Product guide

146 EMC Ionix ControlCenter 6.1: Taking Control of Your Datacenter
Configuring and Controlling Your Datacenter
ControlCenter does not save copies of zoning configurations that it overwrites on the
fabric. To avoid loss of data, make copies of the fabric’s active zone set with a
third-party tool before using Ionix ControlCenter to activate a zone set.
Whether the operation succeeds or fails, the administrator can view the zone set
differences in the Ionix ControlCenter task list. The following changes occur in the
zoning folders in the Ionix ControlCenter tree (Figure 128 on page 146):
• A copy of the activated zone set replaces the zone set in the Active Zone Set
folder.
• A copy of the activated zone set replaces the Copy of Active zone set in the
Planned Zone Sets folder.
• A copy of the previous active zone set replaces the Last Active zone set in the
Planned Zone Sets folder.
Figure 128 New tree configuration after activating Zone_Set_156 on fabric VSAN 0006
Masking devices
Now that host l82ar156 and Symmetrix port FA-3D, Port 0 are actively zoned together,
the administrator now uses the Ionix ControlCenter masking utility to configure secure
host access to the Symmetrix array. The administrator grants host access to several
storage devices mapped to port FA-3D Port 0.