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HP Surestore 6164 Switch User Manual

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Zoning User’s Guide

Optimize IT resources

Use zones to consolidate equipment, logically, for IT efficiency, or to
facilitate time-sensitive functions. For example, create a temporary zone
to back up non-member devices.

Figure 1

illustrates three zones with some overlap. It also contains devices

that are not assigned to a zone, and are thus not active in the fabric if
Zoning is enabled.

Figure 1. Fabric with Three Zones

No zone