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6-6 StorageWorks Fibre Channel Storage Switch User's Guide
Zoning Management Methods
Zones are managed by Telnet commands.
Zoning Backup
When the Switch is powered off and back on, Zoning configuration data is
retained in Switch flash memory.
Zoning Concepts
This section discusses the Zoning concepts and components.
Zoning Components
Zoning has several components besides the zones themselves, as follows:
■
Zone members
■
Zone configurations
■ Zone aliases.
These components are generically referred to as zone objects.
Zone Definition
A zone is a set of devices that access one another. All devices connected to a
Fabric may be configured into one or more zones. Devices that are in the same
zone can see each other, devices that are in different zones can not.
Every zone has a name that begins with a letter and followed by any number
of letters, digits and the underscore character “_”. Names are case sensitive,
for example “Zone_1” and “zone_1” are different zones. Note that spaces are
not allowed.
Every zone has a member list, consisting of one or more member (empty zones
are not allowed.).
The maximum number of zones and the maximum number of members in a
zone are constrained by memory usage. Since the these limits are far larger
than the number of devices connected to a Fabric, they are effectively
unlimited.