Cisco MDS 9000 Series

For configuration limits on configuring the number of zones, zone members and zone sets, refer to the Cisco
MDS NX-OS Configuration Limits.
Note
Zoning Example
Figure 5: Fabric with Two Zones , on page 39 illustrates a zoneset with two zones, zone 1 and zone 2, in a
fabric. Zone 1 provides access from all three hosts (H1, H2, H3) to the data residing on storage systems S1
and S2. Zone 2 restricts the data on S3 to access only by H3. Note that H3 resides in both zones.
Figure 5: Fabric with Two Zones
There are other ways to partition this fabric into zones. Figure 6: Fabric with Three Zones , on page 39
illustrates another possibility. Assume that there is a need to isolate storage system S2 for the purpose of
testing new software. To achieve this, zone 3 is configured, which contains only host H2 and storage S2. You
can restrict access to just H2 and S2 in zone 3, and to H1 and S1 in zone 1.
Figure 6: Fabric with Three Zones
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Configuring and Managing Zones
Zoning Example