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Fabric Zoning Classes
The following classes are described in the SMI-Specification 1.1.0 Fabric profile.
Zoning Discovery
The CIMAgent supports discovery of the Active Zoneset and the local Zoning
Database. The active zoneset shows the zoning configuration that is currently
being enforced by all switches in the fabric. The zoning database contains saved
zonesets that may be edited and or activated.
Zoning Management
The CIMAgent supports modification to the inactive zoning database, and zoneset
activation. The SMI-Specification 1.1.0 contains approved recipes for common
zoning actions.
The CIMAgent does NOT support zoning sessions as defined in the
SMI-Specification 1.1.0. The client should query the ZoneService.SessionState to
determine if sessions are supported before attempting to start a session.
Management objects CIM_ZoneService, CIM_ZoneCapabilities, and all inactive
zones, zonesets and zone aliases are associated with the switch
(CIM_ComputerSystem) object rather than the Fabric (CIM_AdminDomain)
object.
The vendor neutral steps for determining the CIM_System object to use for
managing zoning are:
1. Locate the “Zone Control” sub profile (CIM_RegisteredSubProfile).If it is not
found, zone control is not supported.
2. Follow the CIM_ElementConformsToProfile association to the CIM_System
object that is associated with the inactive zoning objects and the
ZoneService object. This will be either a switch (CIM_ComputerSystem) or a
fabric (CIM_AdminDomain.).
The vendor neutral steps for determining the CIM_AdminDomain object
associated with the Active zoneset are: