Zoning的管理

    来源于《Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.1.0 》之 Administering Advanced Zoning，更详细资料请看该英文文档

 

1.Zone的类型：Storage-based、Host-based、Fabric-based

2.fabric-based zoning入门：推荐 Single HBA、Application、Operating system、Port allocation ，不推荐 No fabric zoning

3.Zone对象（objects）：

  • Physical port number or port index on the switch
  • Node World Wide Name (N-WWN)
  • Port World Wide Name (P-WWN)

4.Zoning方案

  • Domain,index
  所有成员通过domain ID, port number或domain, index number pair或aliases指定。
  • World Wide Name (WWN)
  所有成员只通过World Wide Name (WWNs)或WWNs的aliases指定。它们能够是node WWN或port WWN。
  • 混合zoning
  一个zone包含的成员通过domain,port或domain,index和WWN混合指定
5.Zone别名(aliases)

6.Zone配置

    Defined Configuration、Effective Configuration、Saved Configuration和Disabled Configuration

7.Zoning enforcement

    Software-enforced zoning：也叫做name server zoning,fabric-based zoning,或session-based zoning。

    Hardware-enforced zoning：也叫做 hard zoning或ASIC-enforced zoning

8.广播(Broadcast)zones

 

 

Best practices for zoning
The following are recommendations for using zoning:
• Always zone using the highest Fabric OS-level switch.
Switches with earlier Fabric OS versions do not have the capability to view all the functionality
that a newer Fabric OS provides, as functionality is backwards compatible but not forwards
compatible.
• Zone using the core switch versus an edge switch.
• Zone using an enterprise-class platform rather than a switch.
An enterprise-class platform has more resources to handle zoning changes and
implementations.