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Zoning considerations, Setting default zoning to no access – Brocade Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) Environments (Supporting Fabric OS v7.2.0) User Manual

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Zoning considerations

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No HA cluster membership

EE Attributes:

Media Type : DISK

EE Slot: 12

SP state: Online

Current Master KeyID:

a3:d7:57:c7:54:66:65:05:61:7a:35:2c:59:af:a5:dc

Alternate Master KeyID:

e9:e4:3a:f8:bc:4e:75:44:81:35:b8:90:d0:1f:6f:4d

HA Cluster Membership: hacDcx3

EE Attributes:

Media Type : DISK

Zoning considerations

When encryption is implemented, frames sent between a host and a target LUN are redirected to a
virtual target within an encryption switch or blade. Redirection zones are created to route these
frames. When redirection zones are in effect, direct access from host to target should not be
allowed to prevent data corruption.

Set zone hosts and targets together before configuring them for encryption. Redirection zones are
automatically created to redirect the host-target traffic through the encryption engine, but
redirection zones can only be created if the host and target are already zoned.

Setting default zoning to no access

Initially, default zoning for all Brocade Encryption Switches is set to All Access. The All Access
setting allows the Brocade Encryption Switch or DCX Backbone chassis to join the fabric and be
discovered before zoning is applied. If there is a difference in this setting within the fabric, the
fabric will segment.

Before committing an encryption configuration in a fabric, default zoning must be set to No Access
within the fabric. The No Access setting ensures that no two devices on the fabric can
communicate with one another without going through a regular zone or a redirection zone.

1. Check the default zoning setting. Commonly, it will be set to All Access.

switch:admin> defzone --show

Default Zone Access Mode

committed - All Access

transaction - No Transaction

2. From any configured primary FCS switch, change the default zoning setting to No Access.

switch:admin> defzone --noaccess

switch:admin> cfgfsave

The change will be applied within the entire fabric.