Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide v4.1.1 - Manual (Page 7)

Administering Zones............................................................................................................. 167
Zoning overview............................................................................................ 167
Example zoning topology.................................................................. 167
LSAN zones ..................................................................................... 169
Managing domain IDs....................................................................... 170
Approaches to zoning....................................................................... 171
Zone objects......................................................................................172
Zoning enforcement.......................................................................... 173
Considerations for zoning architecture..............................................173
Operational considerations for zoning...............................................174
Configuring and managing zones ................................................................ 175
Zone configuration management overview....................................... 175
Understanding and managing default zoning access modes............176
Managing zone aliases..................................................................... 177
Creating zones.................................................................................. 180
Managing zones................................................................................182
Zone configuration scenario example............................................... 189
Merging zones...................................................................................190
Configuring LSAN zones — device sharing example....................... 195
Configuring Fibre Channel Ports............................................................................................ 199
Fibre Channel ports overview....................................................................... 199
Connecting to a FC Fabric through an FC Router........................................ 199
Fibre Channel port configuration...................................................................200
Using Fibre Channel commands.......................................................200
Activating and deactivating Fibre Channel ports...............................201
Configuring and viewing Fibre Channel port attributes..................... 202
Configuring Fibre Channel ports for long-distance operation............204
Configuring a Fibre Channel port for trunking................................... 205
Monitoring Fibre Channel ports.........................................................206
Using Access Gateway...........................................................................................................209
Access Gateway basic concepts...................................................................209
Access Gateway and native VCS modes..........................................212
Access Gateway in logical chassis cluster........................................213
Access Gateway ports...................................................................... 213
Access Gateway features, requirements and limitations.................. 216
Enabling Access Gateway mode.................................................................. 219
Disabling Access Gateway mode..................................................................220
Display Access Gateway configuration data................................................. 220
VF_Port to N_Port mapping.......................................................................... 222
Displaying port mapping....................................................................223
Default port mapping.........................................................................225
Configuring port mapping..................................................................225
Port Grouping policy......................................................................................226
Displaying port grouping information.................................................227
Creating and removing port groups...................................................228
Naming a port group......................................................................... 229
Adding and removing N_Ports in a port group.................................. 229
Port Grouping policy modes..............................................................230
N_Port monitoring for unreliable links........................................................... 232
Setting and displaying the reliability counter for N_Port monitoring..233
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