HP Surestore 6164 Switch - Manual (Page 13)

Introducing Zoning 13
Implementing Zoning
Implementing Zoning simplifies the zoning process in several ways:
• Zoning can be administered from any switch in the fabric.
Changes configured to one switch automatically replicate to all switches
in the fabric; if a new switch is added to an existing fabric, all zone
characteristics are automatically applied to the new switch. Because
each switch stores zoning information, Zoning ensures a high level of
reliability and redundancy.
• Zones can be configured dynamically.
Configuring new zones does not interrupt traffic on unaffected ports or
devices. Further these zones do not affect data traffic across interswitch
links (ISLs) in cascaded switch configurations.
• Zoning uses policy-based administration.
Because Zoning uses policy-based administration, separating zone
specification from zone enforcement, you can manage multiple zone
configurations and easily enable a specific configuration when it is
required. A fabric can store any number of zone configurations;
however, only one configuration is active at a time. But, because the
configurations are predetermined and stored, a new configuration can be
easily enabled.
• Zoning can be configured and administered using Telnet commands or
the optional Web Tools.
For information on Telnet commands, see the Fabric OS Reference
Manual. For information on Web Tools, see the Web Tools User’s
Guide.