Q-Logic MKII-BASE16 user manual Switch Utilities Zoning

Switch Utilities — Zoning

Zoning

Figure 3-10 Zoning Tab

Zoning allows the user to divide the fabric ports into zones for more efficient and secure communication among functionally grouped nodes. There are three types of zones and a port may be defined in any or all of them.

•Hard Zones follow physical boundaries within a Single-Stage Switch chassis and limit the communication of a port to only other ports in the same Hard Zone. There may be as many as four Hard Zones and a particular port may be in only one of them.

•Broadcast Zones allow the division of the fabric (one or more Switch chassis) into as many as 16 zones (the Switch Utilities only support 4 zones at this time but each zone is fabric-wide) that define the area of Broadcasts. A particular port may be placed in one or more of these Broadcast Zones. A port will broadcast to all ports in the same Broadcast Zone (or zones) in-which the port is defined. If Hard Zones are enabled, Broadcast Zones may not cross the defined Hard Zone boundaries.

•Name Server Zones allow the division of the fabric (one or more Switch chassis) into as many as 16 zones (the Switch Utilities only support 4 zones at this time but

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