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3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning a Fabric
59022-03 D 3-25
3.4.7.7
Changing Zone Types
To change a zone type, do the following:
1. In the faceplate display, select the switch with the zone type to change.
2. Choose the Zoning button to open the Edit Zoning window.
3. In the Zone Sets tree, select the zone to change.
4. Open the Edit menu and select Set Zone Type to open the Set Zone Type
window.
5. Open the Zone Type pull-down menu and select Soft, VPF (virtual private
fabric), or ACL (access control list). Refer to ”Soft Zones” on page 3-10,
”Access Control List Hard Zones” on page 3-11, or ”Virtual Private Fabric
Hard Zones” on page 3-11 for a description of these zone types.
3.4.8
Managing Aliases
An alias is a collection of objects that can be zoned together. An alias is not a
zone, and can not have a zone or another alias as a member.
3.4.8.1
Creating an Alias
To create an alias, 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 Alias to open the Create Alias
window.
3. Enter a name for the alias, and choose the OK button. The alias name is
displayed in the Zone Sets window.
4. Choose the OK button to save the alias name to the zoning database.
Note: Changes that you make to the zoning database behave as follows:
■ In SW2 merge mode, changes to configured zone sets are limited
to the managed switch and do not propagate to the rest of the
fabric. To distribute changes to configured zone sets fabric wide,
you must edit the zoning databases on the individual switches.
■ In Brocade merge mode, when a zone set is activated, the entire
zoning database, including any changes, is distributed from the
managed switch throughout the fabric.