Configuring a Zone Using the Zone Configuration Tool

Detailed Steps

To create a zone and move it into a zone set, follow these steps:

  1. Click the Zone icon in the toolbar .

    2. You see the Select VSAN dialog box.

  2. Select the VSAN where you want to create a zone and click OK.

    3. You see the Edit Local Full Zone Database dialog box.

    If you want to view zone membership information, right-click in the All Zone Membership(s) column, and then click Show Details for the current row or all rows from the pop-up menu.

  3. Click Zones in the left pane and click the Insert icon to create a zone.

    4. You see the Create Zone dialog box.

  4. Enter a zone name.
  5. Check one of the following check boxes:
    1. Read Only—The zone permits read and denies write.
    2. Permit QoS traffic with Priority—You set the priority from the drop-down menu.
    3. Restrict Broadcast Frames to Zone Members
  6. Select the Smart Zoning check box to enable smart zoning.
  7. Click OK to create the zone.

    8. If you want to move this zone into an existing zone set, skip to Step 9.

  8. Click Zoneset in the left pane and click the Insert icon to create a zone set.

    9. You see the Zoneset Name dialog box.

  9. Enter a zone set name and click OK.

    10. Note     One of these symbols ($, -, ^, _) or all alphanumeric characters are supported. In interop mode 2 and 3, this symbol (_) or all alphanumeric characters are supported.

  10. Select the zone set where you want to add a zone and click the Insert icon or you can drag and drop Zone3 over Zoneset1.

    11. You see the Select Zone dialog box.

  11. Click Add to add the zone.

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