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After you have defined the device aliases, the aliases are displayed under Device Alias when you

select View under Devices (as in Figure34). The device aliases are also displayed in the Zone

Access Map for Devices when you select View under Zoning (Figure 40).

FIGURE 40 Device alias in Zone Access Map

Zoning management

Zoning enables you to partition your fabric into logical groups of devices that can access each

other. For example, you can partition your fabric into two zones, winzone and unixzone, so that your

Windows servers and storage do not interact with your UNIX servers and storage.

Zones can be configured dynamically. They can vary in size, depending on the number of

fabric-connected devices, and devices can belong to more than one zone. Because zone members

can access only other members of the same zone, a device not included in a zone is not available

to members of that zone.

Zone members may be specified by fabric location (domain, port index) only, or by device name

(node name or port WWN). Zones whose members are specified by fabric location are port-based,

and zones whose members are directly specified by device WWN are device-based. In port-based

zoning, all devices that are connected to ports that are in the same zone can communicate with

each other, and a device can join a zone simply by being connected to a member port. In

device-based zoning, devices are explicitly specified as members of the same zone. These devices

can communicate with each other regardless of where they are located in the fabric.

Contents

Main Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated Document History Title Publication number Summary of changes Date EZSwitchSetup Administrators Guide 53-1001344-02 Added support for the BrocadeVA-40FC. Contents About This Document Chapter 1 Introducing EZSwitchSetup Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Switch Chapter 3 Managing Your Switch Appendix A EZSwitchSetup Limitations Index About This Document How this document is organized Supported hardware and software Whats new in this document Document conventions Text formatting Notes, Cautions, and Warnings ATTENTION Notice to the reader Additional information Brocade resources Other industry resources Getting technical help Document Feedback Page Introducing EZSwitchSetup Overview of EZSwitchSetup EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements TABLE 1 Configuring Internet Explorer FIGURE 2 Supported switches Language support for EZSwitchSetup Page Page Setting Up Your Switch Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 3 Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 4 Connecting cables Page FIGURE 6 6 C 1 Discovering the switch FIGURE 8 FIGURE 9 Confirming IP addresses FIGURE 10 FIGURE 11 Configuring the switch 2 Switch discovery failure Configuring the switch TABLE 2 Symptom Correction For serial connections: For Ethernet connections: Setting switch parameters Zoning selection options FIGURE 14 Configuring zones on the switch Specifying devices FIGURE 15 Connecting devices and completing the setup FIGURE 16 Page FIGURE 18 FIGURE 19 Page Managing Your Switch Switch Manager overview FIGURE 20 Task panel Switch View Content page FIGURE 21 Status bar Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager Logging in Switch Manager sessions Logging out Viewing switch information Viewing the status indicator legend Viewing fan, temperature, and power supply status FIGURE 25 FIGURE 26 Port status FIGURE 27 FIGURE 28 FIGURE 29 FIGURE 30 Switch Information tab FIGURE 31 Port Information tab Changing switch information Adding a port license Managing devices FIGURE 34 FIGURE 35 FIGURE 36 Device connections FIGURE 37 Assigning and renaming device aliases FIGURE 38 FIGURE 39 FIGURE 40 Zoning management FIGURE 41 Viewing the zone access map Editing the zoning configuration FIGURE 42 FIGURE 43 Validating zoning configuration Restoring Typical Zoning Accessing Web Tools for advanced management Making EZSwitchSetup your default switch manager Appendix A EZSwitchSetup Limitations In this appendix General limitations Table 3 lists general EZSwitchSetup limitations, which apply to all browsers and switch platforms. Page Index A B C D L M O P R Z