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device aliases are also displayed in the Zone Access Map for Devices when you select View
under Zoning in the Tasks panel.
FIGURE 43 Device alias in Zone Access Map for Devices
Zoning management
Zoning enables you to partition your fabric into logical groups of devices that can access each other.
For example, you can partition your fabric into two zones, winzone and unixzone, so that your Windows
servers and storage do not interact with your UNIX servers and storage.
Zones can be configured dynamically. They can vary in size, depending on the number of fabric-
connected devices, and devices can belong to more than one zone. Because zone members can
access only other members of the same zone, a device not included in a zone is not available to
members of that zone.
Zone members may be specified by fabric location (domain, port index) only, or by device name (node
name or port WWN). Zones with members that are specified by fabric location are port-based, and
zones with members that are directly specified by device WWN are device-based. In port-based zoning,
Zoning management
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