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 . Fibre Channel zoning allows you to partition the Fibre Channel fabric into one or more zones. If the same HBA accesses a tape device then a second zone is created for the same HBA and associated tape device port This type of zoning is very restrictive - if a device is moved to a different port on the switch, it can lose. If the joining switch has locally attached devices that are online, the defzone policy of the switch being added should be set to No Access. Systems are defined by supported configuration and zoning rules. The Fibre Channel plus Ethernet expansion module contains four Fibre Channel interfaces.