Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 156)

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Zoning management
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DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL
Creating and populating zones
A zone is a region within the fabric where specified switches and devices can communicate. A
device can communicate only with other devices connected to the fabric within its specified zone.
Use the following procedure to create a zone.
1. Open the Zone Administration window as described in “Opening the Zone Administration
window” on page 121.
2. Select a format to display zoning members in the Member Selection List as described in
“Selecting a zoning view” on page 125.
3. Select the Zone tab.
4. Click New Zone.
The Create New Zone dialog box displays.
5. In the Create New Zone dialog box, enter a name for the new zone, and click OK.
LSAN zones and QoS zones have specific naming requirements:
- For LSAN zones, refer to “LSAN zone requirements” on page 120.
- For QoS zones, refer to “QoS zone requirements” on page 120.
The new zone displays in the Name list.
6. Expand the Member Selection List to view the nested elements. The choices available in the
list depend on the selection made in the View menu.
7. Select an element in the Member Selection List that you want to include in your zone.
Note that LSAN zones should contain only port WWN members. The Add Member button
becomes active.
8. Click Add Member to add the zone member.
The selected member is moved to the Zone Members window.
9. Optional: Repeat steps 7 and 8 to add more elements to your zone.
10. Optional: Click Add Other to include a WWN or port that is not currently a part of the fabric. At
this point, you can either save your changes or save and enable your changes.
11. Select Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes.
To enable the configuration, refer to “Enabling zone configurations” on page 134.
Adding and removing members of a zone
For information on enabling the configuration, refer to “Enabling zone configurations” on page 134.
Use the following procedure to add or remove zone members.
1. Open the Zone Administration window as described in “Opening the Zone Administration
window” on page 121.
2. Select the Zone tab.
3. Select the zone you want to modify from the Name list.
The zone members for the selected zone are listed in the Zone Members list.