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3.4 Zoning a Fabric ................................................................................................ 3-13
3.4.1 Zoning Concepts ..................................................................................... 3-13
3.4.1.1 Zones.............................................................................................. 3-14
3.4.1.2 Aliases ............................................................................................ 3-15
3.4.1.3 Zone Sets ....................................................................................... 3-15
3.4.1.4 Zoning Database ............................................................................ 3-15
3.4.1.5 Zoning Configuration ...................................................................... 3-16
3.4.2 Using the Zoning Config Dialog............................................................... 3-17
3.4.2.1 FC-SW-2 Auto Save ....................................................................... 3-17
3.4.2.2 Default Visibility .............................................................................. 3-17
3.4.3 Restoring Default Zoning......................................................................... 3-17
3.4.4 Merging Fabrics and Zoning.................................................................... 3-18
3.4.4.1 Zone Merge Failure ........................................................................ 3-18
3.4.4.2 Zone Merge Failure Recovery ........................................................ 3-18
3.4.4.3 Using the Edit Zoning Dialog .......................................................... 3-19
3.4.5 Managing Zone Sets ............................................................................... 3-22
3.4.5.1 Creating a Zone Set ....................................................................... 3-22
3.4.5.2 Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set.......................................... 3-23
3.4.5.3 Copying a Zone to a Zone Set........................................................ 3-23
3.4.5.4 Removing a Zone from a Zone Set or from All Zone Sets.............. 3-23
3.4.5.5 Removing a Zone Set..................................................................... 3-24
3.4.5.6 Removing All Zoning Definitions..................................................... 3-24
3.4.6 Managing Zones...................................................................................... 3-24
3.4.6.1 Creating a Zone in a Zone Set ....................................................... 3-25
3.4.6.2 Adding Zone Members ................................................................... 3-26
3.4.6.3 Creating a Member......................................................................... 3-26
3.4.6.4 Renaming a Zone or a Zone Set .................................................... 3-27
3.4.6.5 Removing a Zone Member ............................................................. 3-27
3.4.6.6 Removing a Zone from a Zone Set ................................................ 3-27
3.4.6.7 Removing a Zone from All Zone Sets............................................. 3-27
3.4.6.8 Changing Zone Types .................................................................... 3-28
3.4.7 Managing Aliases .................................................................................... 3-28
3.4.7.1 Creating an Alias ............................................................................ 3-28
3.4.7.2 Adding a Member to an Alias ......................................................... 3-29
3.4.7.3 Removing an Alias from All Zones ................................................. 3-29
3.4.8 Saving the Zoning Database to a File ..................................................... 3-30
Section 4 Managing Switches
4.1 Managing User Accounts ................................................................................... 4-1
4.1.1 Creating User Accounts............................................................................. 4-3