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Brocade Fabric OS Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual

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Executing a command in a different logical switch context.........................288
Deleting a logical switch..............................................................................289
Adding and moving ports on a logical switch.............................................. 290
Displaying logical switch configuration........................................................291
Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch................................................... 291
Changing a logical switch to a base switch.................................................292
Configuring a logical switch for XISL use ...................................................293
Changing the context to a different logical fabric........................................ 294
Creating a logical fabric using XISLs.......................................................... 294

Administering Advanced Zoning.......................................................................................... 297

Zone types.................................................................................................. 297
Zoning overview..........................................................................................298

Approaches to zoning..................................................................... 299
Zone objects....................................................................................300
Zone configurations.........................................................................301
Zoning enforcement........................................................................ 302
Considerations for zoning architecture........................................... 302
Best practices for zoning.................................................................303

Broadcast zones......................................................................................... 303

Broadcast zones and Admin Domains............................................304
Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing...............................................305
High availability considerations with broadcast zones.................... 305
Loop devices and broadcast zones................................................ 305
Broadcast zones and default zoning mode.....................................305

Zone aliases................................................................................................306

Creating an alias............................................................................. 306
Adding members to an alias............................................................307
Removing members from an alias.................................................. 307
Deleting an alias..............................................................................308
Viewing an alias in the defined configuration..................................308

Zone creation and maintenance................................................................. 309

Displaying existing zones ...............................................................309
Creating a zone...............................................................................310
Adding devices (members) to a zone..............................................310
Removing devices (members) from a zone.................................... 311
Replacing zone members............................................................... 312
Deleting a zone............................................................................... 314
Viewing a zone in the defined configuration................................... 314
Viewing zone configuration names without case distinction........... 315
Validating a zone.............................................................................316

Default zoning mode................................................................................... 319

Setting the default zoning mode..................................................... 319
Viewing the current default zone access mode.............................. 320

Zone database size.....................................................................................320
Zone configurations.....................................................................................321

Creating a zone configuration......................................................... 321
Adding zones to a zone configuration.............................................322
Removing members from a zone configuration.............................. 322
Enabling a zone configuration.........................................................323
Disabling a zone configuration........................................................323
Deleting a zone configuration......................................................... 324
Abandoning zone configuration changes........................................324
Viewing all zone configuration information......................................324
Viewing selected zone configuration information............................325
Viewing the configuration in the effective zone database............... 325
Clearing all zone configurations......................................................326

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