Managing the Zoning Configuration
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Managing the Zoning Configuration
Symphony creates a southbound zone configuration file for each 7700 FSP storage cluster to add
to the Fibre Channel switch configuration of both southbound storage cluster switches that support
the 7700 FSP storage cluster. The Fibre Channel switch zone configuration includes aliases for all
WWPNs for all device ports and allows all 7700 FSP Controller dual mode initiator WWPNs to
access all of the storage shelf target WWPNs.
Symphony can manage and monitor all of the 7700 FSP devices once you have added them to
Symphony. For an overview and details, see the topic on adding devices to be managed by
Symphony in the latest version Symphony Help.
Note:
When naming a switch zone configuration or creating an alias with Brocade 6510 switches,
observe the naming conventions (see
Zoning and Alias Naming Conventions
Zoning and Alias Naming Conventions
Observe the following Brocade switch zoning and alias naming conventions when creating a switch
zone configuration or alias in a 7700 FSP storage cluster:
Note:
The following is a restriction for zone, alias, and configuration names: they cannot begin
with “bfa_”,“red_”, “lsan_red_”, or “d__efault__”. In addition, zone configuration names cannot
begin with “r_e_d_i_r_c__fg” because these are reserved prefixes.
Zoning Naming Conventions
A zone is a way to assign a name that identifies a partitioning of a Fibre Channel fabric into smaller
subsets to add security and simplify management. Zoning most commonly applies to the switched
fabric topology (FC-SW).
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Zone names must begin with an alphabetic character, and they may contain alpha-numeric
characters and the underscore (_) character.
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Zone names are not case-sensitive.
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Names cannot begin with a numeric character or a special character.
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The recommended character limit is 64 characters.
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Duplicate names are not allowed between zones, zone aliases, and zone configurations within
a zone database.
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If you enter an invalid zone or zone configuration name, an error or warning message displays
depending on the type of fabric you are trying to zone.
Alias Naming Conventions
Use alias names to assign a unique or identifiable name to a device, or to group together multiple
devices under a single alias name to simplify entries and allow an intuitive naming structure (for
example, using LINUX_Hosts to define all Linux hosts in the fabric).
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An alias must be a unique alpha-numeric string that begins with an alphabetic character, and
underscore characters (_) are allowed.
