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3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning a Fabric
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3.4.1.3
Zone Sets
A zone set is a named group of zones. A zone can be a member of more than one
zone set. All zones that are not members of a zone set belong to the orphan zone
set. The orphan zone set is saved to the switch. Each switch in the fabric
maintains its own zoning database containing one or more zone sets. This zoning
database resides in non-volatile or permanent memory and is therefore retained
after a reset. Refer to ”Configured Zonesets Data Window” on page 4-6 for
information about displaying the zoning database.
To apply zoning to a fabric, choose a zone set and activate it. When you activate a
zone set, the switch distributes that zone set to every switch in the fabric.
Therefore, every switch in the fabric will have identical active zone sets. Refer to
”Active Zone Set Data Window” on page 3-8 for information about displaying the
active zone set.
3.4.1.4
Zoning Database
Each switch has its own zoning database. The zoning database is made up of all
aliases, zones, and zone sets that have been created on the switch or received
from other switches. The switch maintains two copies of the zoning database: one
copy is maintained in temporary memory for editing purposes; the second copy is
maintained in permanent memory. When you modify aliases, zones, and zone
sets, these changes are made to the temporary zoning database. If you reset the
switch or lose power to the switch before saving the permanent zoning database,
the changes will be lost.
The Auto Save zoning configuration parameter controls whether the temporary
zoning database is automatically saved in permanent memory. Refer to ”Zoning
Configuration” on page 3-13 for more information about the Auto Save
parameters.