It discusses what zoning is, why it is needed for access control and isolation, how zoning works through configuration and activation of zone sets and zones, and best practices for connecting switches and ensuring consistency. Key terms like zone set . “The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) is a mutual benefit, non-profit, international organization of manufacturers, system integrators, developers, vendors, and industry professionals, and end users. Zoning a fibre channel network at the switch level provides a security boundary that ensures host devices do not see. This entry describes the various possible combinations and necessary properties of devices, cables, etc. that are used for an optical PROFINET connection in hazardous areas, in particular to an ET200iSP station or similarly suitable peripheral stations in explosion protection zones 1 or 21. Each zone defines the set of Fibre Channel initiators and Fibre Channel targets that can communicate with each other in a VSAN. Similar to the VLAN function of an Ethernet switch, the zoning function of a Fibre Channel.
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