Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Guide

About LUN Zoning 100
Configuring a LUN-Based Zone 101
Configuring a LUN-Based Zone Using Fabric Manager 102
Assigning LUNs to Storage Subsystems 102
About Read-Only Zones 102
Configuring Read-Only Zones 103
Configuring Read-Only Zones For a Default Zone 103
Configuring Read-Only Zones Using Fabric Manager 104
Displaying Zone Information 104
Enhanced Zoning 112
About Enhanced Zoning 112
Changing from Basic Zoning to Enhanced Zoning 113
Changing from Enhanced Zoning to Basic Zoning 114
Enabling Enhanced Zoning 114
Enabling Enhanced Zoning Using Fabric Manager 114
Modifying the Zone Database 115
Enabling Automatic Zone Pending Diff Display 116
Releasing Zone Database Locks 116
Creating Attribute Groups 116
Merging the Database 117
Merge Process 118
Analyzing a Zone Merge 127
Configuring Zone Merge Control Policies 128
Preventing Zones From Flooding FC2 Buffers 129
Permitting or Denying Traffic in the Default Zone 129
Broadcasting a Zone 129
Configuring System Default Zoning Settings 130
Configuring Zone Generic Service Permission Settings 131
Displaying Enhanced Zone Information 131
Compacting the Zone Database for Downgrading 133
Zone and ZoneSet Analysis 134
Zoning Best Practice 137
TCAM Regions 137
Zoning Types 138
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Contents

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