Brocade Fabric OS Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 456)

NOTE
Do not confuse an Admin Domain number with the domain ID of a switch. They are two different
identifiers. The Admin Domain number identifies the Admin Domain and has a range from 0 through
255. The domain ID identifies a switch in the fabric and has a range from 1 through 239.
The following figure shows a fabric with two Admin Domains: AD1 and AD2.
FIGURE 63 Fabric with two Admin Domains
The following figure shows how users get a filtered view of this fabric, depending on which Admin
Domain they are in. As shown in the following figure, users can see all switches and E_Ports in the
fabric, regardless of their Admin Domain; however, the switch ports and end devices are filtered based
on Admin Domain membership.
Managing Administrative Domains
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