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aware of those elements in the additional zones. When you activate Zone Set Two, users would still
have access to the elements in Finance zone because it is also a member of Zone Two.
NOTE: Create zone aliases to easily keep track of your zones. Instead of remembering a port's
name, you can assign a meaningful name. As a best practice, a zone should contain either zone
aliases or ports, but not both.
The SAN Zoning tool is able to manage the two types of zoning:
• Switch Port Zoning - A switch port represented by a port number in a zone. Any device
attached to the port is automatically in the zone.
• WWN Zoning - A device port represented by the Worldwide Name (WWN) in the zone.
The following diagram provides an overview of zoning:
Figure 53 Overview of Zoning Capabilities
Description
• Zone Sets - A zone set is a collection of zones. You can have only one zone set active at a time
in a fabric; however, you can have a zone in more than one zone set. Zones sets are usually
created for a particular task.
• Zone - A collection of zone aliases and ports.
• Ports - The Worldwide Name of the port to which an element is connected. A port in a zone
can be of two types:
• switch port WWN
• WWN of the connected element