Brocade Communications Systems 53-1002745-02 Marine Radio User Manual


 
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 13
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Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Restrictions on XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Restrictions on moving ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Configuring logical switches to use basic configuration values. . .291
Creating a logical switch or base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
Executing a command in a different logical switch context . . . . . .293
Deleting a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Adding and moving ports on a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Displaying logical switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
Changing a logical switch to a base switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
Setting up IP addresses for a Virtual Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
Removing an IP address for a Virtual Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
Configuring a logical switch to use XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Changing the context to a different logical fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Creating a logical fabric using XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Chapter 11 Administering Advanced Zoning
Zone types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Approaches to zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Zone objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Zoning enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Considerations for zoning architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Best practices for zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Broadcast zones and Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
High availability considerations with broadcast zones . . . . . .312
Loop devices and broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Broadcast zones and default zoning mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Creating an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Adding members to an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Removing members from an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Deleting an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Viewing an alias in the defined configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . .315