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Virtual Private Fabric Hard Zones

Virtual Private Fabric (VPF) zoning divides the fabric for purposes of controlling discovery and both inbound and outbound traffic. This type of zoning is useful for providing security and reserving paths between devices to guarantee bandwidth. VPF zoning is a type of hard zoning that is hardware enforced. Members can only transmit to and receive from members of the same VPF zone. The VPF zone boundary is secure against both inbound and outbound traffic. The following rules apply to VPF zones:

„VPF zones that include members from multiple switches must include the ports of the inter-switch links.

„VPF zones cannot cross I/O blades.

„VPF zones cannot overlap; that is, a port can be a member of only one VPF zone.

„VPF zone boundaries supersede both soft and ACL zone boundaries.

„Membership can be defined only by domain ID and port ID.

„VPF zoning supports all port modes.

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