Brocade Fabric OS Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 301)

and 14, and a device with the WWN 10:00:00:80:33:3f:aa:11 (either node name or port name) that is
connected on the fabric.
Zoning schemes
You can establish a zone by identifying zone objects using one or more of the following zoning
schemes :
• Domain,index (D,I)
All members are specified by domain ID , port number , or domain,index number pairs or aliases.
• World Wide Name (WWN)
All members are specified only by World Wide Names (WWNs) or aliases of WWNs. They can be
node or port versions of the WWN.
• Mixed zoning
A zone containing members specified by a combination of domain,port or domain,index or aliases,
and WWNs or aliases of WWNs.
In any scheme, you can identify zone objects using aliases.
Zone configurations
A zone configuration is a group of one or more zones. A zone can be included in more than one zone
configuration. When a zone configuration is in effect, all zones that are members of that configuration
are in effect.
Several zone configurations can reside on a switch at once, and you can quickly alternate between
them. For example, you might want to have one configuration enabled during the business hours and
another enabled overnight. However, only one zone configuration can be enabled at a time.
The different types of zone configurations are:
• Defined configuration
The complete set of all zone objects defined in the fabric.
• Effective configuration
A single zone configuration that is currently in effect. The effective configuration is built when you
enable a specified zone configuration.
• Saved configuration
A copy of the defined configuration plus the name of the effective configuration, which is saved in
flash memory. (You can also provide a backup of the zone configuration and restore the zone
configuration.) There might be differences between the saved configuration and the defined
configuration if you have modified any of the zone definitions and have not saved the configuration.
• Disabled configuration
The effective configuration is removed from flash memory.
If you disable the effective configuration, the Advanced Zoning feature is disabled on the fabric, and all
devices within the fabric can communicate with all other devices (unless you previously set up a default
zone, as described in
Default zoning mode on page 319). This does not mean that the zone database
is deleted, however, only that there is no configuration active in the fabric.
On power-up, the switch automatically reloads the saved configuration. If a configuration was active
when it was saved, the same configuration is reinstated on the local switch.
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