Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 99)

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 71
53-1001772-01
Enabling Admin Domains
5
DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL
You can use AD255 to do the following:
• Manage other Admin Domains.
• Get an unfiltered view of the fabric.
• Manage ACL and distribution (this can be managed in AD0 if no other Admin Domains are
present).
• Manage Advanced Performance Monitoring (this can be managed in AD0 if no other Admin
Domains are present, but only if you are using Web Tools with the EGM license).
The EGM license is required only for 8 Gbps platforms, such as the following:
• Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms
• Encryption Switch
• 300, 5300, and 5100 switches
For non-8 Gbps platforms, all functionalities are available without EGM license.
You cannot manage zones with AD255, because AD255 does not have a zone database associated
with it.
Admin Domain membership
Switches, ports, and devices can be members of an Admin Domain. Admin Domain members can
be either direct or indirect members as described below:
• Direct members—Devices, switches, and ports that you explicitly add to an Admin Domain.
Direct members are listed in the Admin Domain membership list.
• Indirect port members—Ports that are implicitly added as part of an Admin Domain when any
of the following occurs:
- A device that is connected to a port was added to the Admin Domain.
- A switch to which the port belongs is a member of the Admin Domain.
• Indirect device members—Devices that are connected to ports that are direct members of an
Admin Domain.
Enabling Admin Domains
The default zone mode setting gives attached devices either All Access to all devices or No Access
to all devices. To begin implementing an Admin Domain structure within a SAN, you must set the
default zone mode to No Access. You must be in AD0 to change the default zone mode. After the
default zone mode is set to No Access, you cannot change it from the physical fabric.
NOTE
The term “physical fabric” is used in Web Tools only.
Even though the default zone mode access is set to No Access, you can still create and enable
zones within each Admin Domain. These zones are configurable only from the Admin Domain in
which they were created. Indirect port members cannot be zoned.