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3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning a Fabric
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3.4.2.2
Default Visibility
Default visibility determines the level of communication that is permitted among
ports/devices when there is no active zone set. The default visibility parameter
can be set differently on each switch. When default visibility is enabled (ALL) on a
switch, all ports/devices on the switch can communicate with all ports/devices on
switches that also have default visibility enabled. When Default Visibility is
disabled (NONE), none of the ports/devices on that switch can communicate with
any other port/device in the fabric.
3.4.3
Restoring Default Zoning
Restoring the default zoning clears the switch of all zoning definitions.
To restore the default zoning for a switch:
1. In the faceplate display, open the Zoning menu and select Restore Default
Zoning.
2. Choose the OK button to confirm that you want to restore default zoning and
save changes to the zoning database.
3.4.4
Merging Fabrics and Zoning
If you join two fabrics with an inter-switch link, the active zone sets from the two
fabrics attempt to merge. The fabrics may consist of a single switch or many
switches already connected together. The switches in the two fabrics attempt to
create a new active zone set containing the union of each fabric's active zone set.
The propagation of zoning information only affects the active zone set, not the
configured zone sets.
CAUTION!
This command will deactivate the active zone set.