zoningoption in Cisco UCS Manager is whether the default zone in a VSAN (nodes not assigned to any zone)
permitsor deniesaccess among its members.
Whendefault zoning is enabled,all trafficis permitted among members of the default zone.
Whendefault zoning is disabled,all trafficis denied among members of the default zone.
Defaultzoning is applied on a per-VSAN basis. You cannot enable default zoning at the fabric level.
Defaultzoned configurations arenot recommendedfor production deployments,which must alwaysuse
directconnect Fibre Channel topologies with upstreamMDS or Nexus 5000 switches.
Note
Enabling Default Zoning
Procedure
Step 1 Inthe Navigation pane, clickthe SANtab.
Step 2 Inthe SAN tab, click the SAN node.
Step 3 Inthe Work pane, click the VSANs tab.
Step 4 Clickone of the following subtabs, depending upon the type of VSAN for which you want to enable default
zoning:
DescriptionSubtab
Displaysall VSANs in the Cisco UCS domain.
All
Displaysthe VSANs that are accessible to both fabric interconnects.
DualMode
Displaysthe VSANs that are accessible to only fabric interconnect A.
SwitchA
Displaysthe VSANs that are accessible to only fabric interconnect B.
SwitchB
Step 5 Inthe table, double-click the VSAN.
CiscoUCS Manager GUI displaysthe Generaltab for the VSAN.
Step 6 Inthe Actions area, clickEnable Default Zoning.
Step 7 Ifthe CiscoUCS ManagerGUI displaysa confirmationdialog box, click Yes.
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