Chapter 38 Configuring And Managing Zones; Information About Zoning - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

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Configuring and Managing Zones
Zoning enables you to set up access control between storage devices or user groups. If you have
administrator privileges in your fabric, you can create zones to increase network security and to prevent
data loss or corruption. Zoning is enforced by examining the source-destination ID field.
Advanced zoning capabilities specified in the FC-GS-4 and FC-SW-3 standards are supported. You can
use either the existing basic zoning capabilities or the advanced, standards-compliant zoning
capabilities.
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Information About Zoning

Zoning is described in the following topics:
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Information About Zoning, page 38-1
Configuring Zones, page 38-7
Zone Sets, page 38-8
Zone Set Distribution, page 38-13
Zone Set Duplication, page 38-16
Verifying Zone Information, page 38-18
Enhanced Zoning, page 38-18
Compacting the Zone Database, page 38-24
Zone and Zone Set Analysis, page 38-24
Default Settings, page 38-25
lists the differences between zones and VSANs.
Zoning Features, page 38-2
Zoning Example, page 38-3
Zone Implementation, page 38-4
Active and Full Zone Set Configuration Guidelines, page 38-4
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