Dell PowerVault 56F (16P Fibre Channel Switch) - Manual (Page 19)

support.dell.com Using Zoning 3-1

      
    
This chapter contains information and examples for monitoring PowerVault 5xF
switches by using zoning. The following topics are discussed in this chapter:


Setting up zoned fabrics


Zone management


Zone enforcement


Multiswitch fabrics
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There are three zone object types for which you use Telnet commands—alias, zone,
and configuration. For these three object types, you can issue the following five
commands:


Create


Delete


Add


Remove


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The following subsections provide information about the steps to perform when exe-
cuting these commands. For more information and examples of the commands
themselves, see Chapter 4, “Zoning Commands.”
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To create a zoned fabric, perform the following steps:
1. Map out the desired fabric configuration.
2. Define the core aliases.
3. Define the zones.
4. Define the zone configuration and save it.