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Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Supported port configurations in the fixed-port switches. . . .222
Supported port configurations in the Brocade Backbones. . .222
Virtual Fabrics interaction with other Fabric OS features . . . .223
Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Restrictions on XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Restrictions on moving ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Configuring logical switches to use basic configuration values. . .227
Creating a logical switch or base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Executing a command in a different logical switch context . . . . . .229
Deleting a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Adding and moving ports on a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Displaying logical switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Changing a logical switch to a base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Setting up IP addresses for a Virtual Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Removing an IP address for a Virtual Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Configuring a logical switch to use XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Changing the context to a different logical fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Creating a logical fabric using XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Chapter 11 Administering Advanced Zoning
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Special zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Approaches to zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Zone objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
Zoning enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Considerations for zoning architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Best practices for zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Broadcast zones and Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
High availability considerations with broadcast zones . . . . . .246
Loop devices and broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Broadcast zones and default zoning mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246