A Set of Essential Fabric Services

Brocade Advanced Zoning

Brocade Zoning and Advanced Zoning are features of Brocade SilkWorm® switch models (with Advanced Zoning available on Brocade 2 Gbit/sec switches). Using zoning, organizations can automatically or dynamically arrange fabric-connected devices into logical groups (zones) across the physical configuration of the fabric.

These zones can include selected storage, servers, and workstations within a Brocade fabric-restricting information access to only the "member" devices in the defined zone. Although zone members can access only other members in their zones, individual devices can be members of more than one zone. This approach enables the secure sharing of storage resources, a primary benefit of storage

Highlights

• Increases Storage Area Network (SAN) fabric security through hardware enforcement
• Optimizes IT resources by grouping them into specific zones
• Simplifies management of heterogeneous fabrics with logical symbolic names
• Improves access management of SANs and devices through automatic fabric-wide distribution of zone updates
• Reduces provisioning time with Brocade WEB TOOLS GUI enhancements that support saved zone configurations
• Maximizes SAN management flexibility to meet the objectives of different closed user groups
• Includes programmable fields and actions to customize SAN fabrics in response to user demand and changing user profiles

SAN Standards Compliance - Software

Brocade products conform to SAN standards in a manner consistent with accepted engineering practices and procedures