Brocade Communications Systems IP250 Network Hardware User Manual


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Scheduling a security configuration deployment. . . . . . . . . . .632
Chapter 19 Zoning
Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .637
Online zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .638
Offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .639
Zoning naming conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .639
Zone database size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640
Zoning configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640
Configuring zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640
Creating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .641
Viewing zone properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .641
Adding members to a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .642
Creating a member in a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .643
Removing a member from a zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .643
Renaming a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .644
Deleting a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645
Duplicating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645
Customizing the zone member display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .646
Enabling or disabling the default zone for fabrics. . . . . . . . . .646
Creating a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .647
Editing a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .647
Removing an object from a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .648
Exporting zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .649
Renaming a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .649
Deleting a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .649
Duplicating a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .650
Creating a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .650
Viewing zone configuration properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651
Adding zones to a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651
Removing a zone from a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651
Activating a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .652
Deactivating a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .653
Renaming a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .654
Deleting a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .654
Duplicating a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .655
Creating an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .655
Deleting an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .656
Refreshing a zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .657
Merging fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .657
Merging two zone databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .658
Creating a common active zone configuration in two fabrics.659
Saving a zone database to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .660
Exporting an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .660
Importing an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661
Rolling back changes to the offline zone database . . . . . . . .661
Zoning administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661
Comparing zone databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .662
Managing zone configuration comparison alerts . . . . . . . . . .663
Setting change limits on zoning activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .664