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Administering Zones
In this chapter
• Zoning with NETCONF overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
• Default zoning access modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
• Zone database size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
• Zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
• Zoning information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
• Zone creation and management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
• Zone configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
• Zone configuration scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Zoning with NETCONF overview
NETCONF interfaces in Network OS provide support for partitioning your network into logical groups
of devices or zones for security and for relief from Registered State Change Notification (RSCN)
storms. In addition to conventional zones supported on Network OS fabrics, logical SAN (LSAN)
zones that span heterogeneous networks of Network OS switches and Fabric OS switches are also
supported.
This chapter describes the NETCONF operations that can be performed on zone objects and
provides examples. Refer to the Network OS Administrator’s Guide for conceptual information and
general operational guidelines about zones, including:
• General zoning concepts
• LSAN zones
• Explanations of terminology
• Recommended approaches to zoning
• Effects on zoning of adding switches to a fabric or merging fabrics
• Supported firmware and firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations
Through the NETCONF interface, you can perform the following operations on zones:
• Use the RPC to create and manage zone configurations.
• Use the action to obtain zoning database size and enabled-configuration
information.
• Use the RPC to validate configuration settings.
Zoning parameters are defined in the brocade-zone YANG module. For details, refer to the Network
OS YANG Reference Manual.