Creating LSAN Peer Zones
The LSAN peer zone combines the properties of both LSAN Zoning and Peer Zoning. You can select any edge fabrics or backbone fabric to create an LSAN peer zone.
Note: When configuring an LSAN zone, SANnav does not support aliases of the same name with the same member already present in the other edge fabric.
Newly created peer zones are activated automatically in the fabrics based on the devices selected. For example, if a host that has ports in A and B fabrics is chosen and target ports from A and B fabrics are selected, LSAN peer zones will be created and activated in both A and B fabrics.
To create LSAN Peer Zoning, follow the instructions below:
1. Click the Zoning icon ( 
), and then select the Zones tab.
), and then select the Zones tab.2. Select a fabric to create a zone and click OK.
3. Click the + icon on the top right corner of the window to create an LSAN peer zone.
4. Enter a name for the zone, along with any tags and description.
5. Select LSAN Peer Zone from the Zone Type drop-down.
6. Add principal members and peer members to the LSAN peer zone.
a. Click Add in the Create New Zone window.
b. Select the type of zone member from the drop-down list: WWN or Alias.
Note: Only aliases configured with WWN members will be listed.
c. Select discovered members to include in the zone, and click ( 
) to move them to the Selected Members list.
) to move them to the Selected Members list.d. You can also select Enter manually, and type the name of the offline members.
e. Click ( 
) to add the selected member as a principal member in the zone.
) to add the selected member as a principal member in the zone.The non-selected members will be present as the peer members of the principal member in the zone.
7. Click OK and then click Save.
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