Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Guide

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

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	Varies by model
Protocols	Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), iSCSI
Redundancy	Redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans
Management	Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), CLI, SNMP
Virtualization Support	VSANs (Virtual SANs)
Security Features	Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Hot Swappable Components	power supplies, fans
Power Supply Options	AC and DC options available