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3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning a Fabric
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3.4.6.1
Creating a Zone Set
To create a zone set, do the following:
1. Open the Zoning menu, and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning
window.
2. Open the Edit menu, and select Create Zone Set to open the Create Zone
Set window.
3. Enter a name for the zone set, and choose the OK button. The new zone set
name is displayed in the Zone Sets window.
4. To create new zones in a zone set, do one of the following:
■ Right-click a zone set and select Create A Zone from the popup menu.
In the Create a Zone window, enter a name for the new zone, and
choose the OK button. The new zone name is displayed in the Zone
Sets window.
■ Copy an existing zone by dragging a zone into the new zone set. Refer
to ”Copying a Zone to a Zone Set” on page 3-21.
5. Choose the Apply button to save changes to the zoning database.
3.4.6.2
Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set
You must activate a zone set to apply its zoning definitions to the fabric. Only one
zone set can be active at one time. When you activate a zone set, the switch
distributes that zone set to the temporary zoning database on every switch in the
fabric replacing any zone set of the same name. If Auto Save is enabled, the zone
set is saved in the permanent zoning database also. Refer to ”Auto Save” on
page 3-14.
The purpose of the deactivate function is to suspend all fabric zoning which
results in free communication fabric wide or no communication depending on the
default visibility setting. Refer to ”Default Visibility” on page 3-14 for more
information. It is not necessary to deactivate the active zone set before activating
a new one.
■ To activate a zone set, open the Zoning menu and select Activate Zone Set
to open the Activate Zone Set window. Select a zone set from the Select
Zone Set pull-down menu, and choose the Activate button.
■ To deactivate the active zone set, open the Zoning menu, select Deactivate
Zone Set. Acknowledge the warning about traffic disruption, and choose the
Yes button to confirm that you want to deactivate the active zone set.