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SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management
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3.7 Zoning a Fabric ................................................................................................ 3-37
3.7.1 Zoning Concepts ..................................................................................... 3-37
3.7.1.1 Zones.............................................................................................. 3-38
3.7.1.2 Aliases ............................................................................................ 3-39
3.7.1.3 Zone Sets ....................................................................................... 3-39
3.7.1.4 Zoning Database ............................................................................ 3-40
3.7.2 Using the Zoning Wizard ......................................................................... 3-41
3.7.3 Managing the Zoning Database .............................................................. 3-41
3.7.3.1 Editing the Zoning Database .......................................................... 3-42
3.7.3.2 Configuring the Zoning Database................................................... 3-44
3.7.3.3 Saving the Zoning Database to a File............................................. 3-45
3.7.3.4 Restoring the Zoning Database from a File.................................... 3-46
3.7.3.5 Restoring the Default Zoning Database.......................................... 3-46
3.7.3.6 Removing All Zoning Definitions..................................................... 3-46
3.7.4 Managing Zone Sets ............................................................................... 3-47
3.7.4.1 Creating a Zone Set ....................................................................... 3-47
3.7.4.2 Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set.......................................... 3-48
3.7.4.3 Copying a Zone to a Zone Set........................................................ 3-48
3.7.4.4 Removing a Zone from a Zone Set or from All Zone Sets.............. 3-49
3.7.4.5 Removing a Zone Set..................................................................... 3-49
3.7.5 Managing Zones...................................................................................... 3-50
3.7.5.1 Creating a Zone in a Zone Set ....................................................... 3-50
3.7.5.2 Adding Zone Members ................................................................... 3-51
3.7.5.3 Renaming a Zone or a Zone Set .................................................... 3-52
3.7.5.4 Removing a Zone Member ............................................................. 3-52
3.7.5.5 Removing a Zone from a Zone Set ................................................ 3-52
3.7.5.6 Removing a Zone from All Zone Sets............................................. 3-53
3.7.5.7 Changing Zone Types .................................................................... 3-53
3.7.6 Managing Aliases .................................................................................... 3-53
3.7.6.1 Creating an Alias ............................................................................ 3-54
3.7.6.2 Adding a Member to an Alias ......................................................... 3-54
3.7.6.3 Removing an Alias from All Zones ................................................. 3-55
3.7.7 Merging Fabrics and Zoning.................................................................... 3-55
3.7.7.1 Zone Merge Failure ........................................................................ 3-55
3.7.7.2 Zone Merge Failure Recovery ........................................................ 3-56