Dell PowerVault 56F (16P Fibre Channel Switch) - Manual (Page 19)

support.dell.com Using Zoning 3-1
This chapter contains information and examples for monitoring PowerVault 5xF
switches by using zoning. The following topics are discussed in this chapter:
Setting up zoned fabrics
Zone management
Zone enforcement
Multiswitch fabrics
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There are three zone object types for which you use Telnet commands—alias, zone,
and configuration. For these three object types, you can issue the following five
commands:
Create
Delete
Add
Remove
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The following subsections provide information about the steps to perform when exe-
cuting these commands. For more information and examples of the commands
themselves, see Chapter 4, “Zoning Commands.”
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To create a zoned fabric, perform the following steps:
1. Map out the desired fabric configuration.
2. Define the core aliases.
3. Define the zones.
4. Define the zone configuration and save it.