Patent ID: 7533169

Claim:
A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by the processor to implement a zone visualization mechanism configured to: obtain zoning information for a plurality of Storage Area Network (SAN) objects in a SAN, wherein the SAN comprises one or more host systems, one or more storage devices, and one or more fabrics; and in response to selection of a particular SAN object in the SAN, display zoning information for the selected SAN object, wherein the zoning information for the selected SAN object includes information for each one of multiple zones of the SAN of which the selected SAN object is a member, wherein the information for each zone includes information describing a particular membership of the selected SAN object in the respective zone; wherein the zoning information further includes information for each one of one or more zone aliases of the SAN of which the selected SAN object is a logical or physical member, wherein the information for each zone alias includes information describing a particular membership of the selected SAN object in the respective zone alias, wherein a zone alias represents a logical grouping of SAN objects, and wherein a SAN object is a logical member of a zone alias via relationship of the SAN object to one or more other SAN objects that are physical members of the zone alias.