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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Chapter 15 Zone Configuration
Adding Zone Members

Zone Database Information

If required, you can clear configured information stored in the zone server database.
Note Clearing a zone set only erases the full zone database, not the active zone database.

Configuring a Zone

Note Interface-based zoning only works with Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches. Interface-based zoning does
not work if interop mode is configured in that VSAN.
Tip If you do not provide an sWWN, the software automatically uses the local sWWN.
Zones are configured within VSANs, but you can configure zones without configuring any VSANs by
configuring them within the default VSAN. The Logical tab displays the VSANs configured in the
currently discovered fabric. Note that zone information must always be identical for all the switches in
the network fabric.
To create zones, follow these steps:
Step 1 From Fabric Manager, choose Zone > Edit Local Full Zone Database from the Zone menu or
right-click a VSAN folder in the Logical tab and choose Edit Local Full Zone Database from the
pop-up menu.
If you chose Zone > Edit Local Full Zone Database, or the All VSANs folder is selected in the Logical
Attributes pane, then you see the Select VSAN dialog box. Select the VSAN and click OK.
You see the Edit Local Full Zone Database dialog box for the VSAN you selected.
Step 2 Right-click the Zone folder in the Edit Local Full Zone Database dialog box for that VSAN and select
Insert to add a zone.
You can specify that the zone be a read-only zone by checking the Read Only check box. (See the “About
Read-Only Zones” section on page 15-23.)

Viewing Zone Statistics

To monitor zone statistics from the Zone Server, choose VSANxxx > Domain Manager from the Fabric
Manager menu tree. The zone information is displayed in the Information pane. Click the Statistics tab
to see the statistics information for the switches in the zone.

Adding Zone Members

Once you have created a zone, you can add members to the zone. You can add members using multiple
port identification types. See the “Zone Configuration” section on page 15-2.