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3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning a Fabric
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You cannot edit an active zone set on a switch. You must configure an inactive
zone set to your needs and then activate that updated zone set to apply the
changes to the fabric. When you activate a zone set, the switch distributes that
zone set to the temporary zoning database on every switch in the fabric. However,
in addition to the merged active zone set, each switch maintains its own original
zone set in its zoning database. Only one zone set can be active at one time.
The Edit Zoning dialog has a Zone Sets tree on the left and a Port/Device (or
members) tree on the right. Both trees use display conventions similar to the
fabric tree for expanding and contracting zone sets, zones, and ports. An
expanded port shows the port Fibre Channel address; an expanded address
shows the port World Wide Name. You can select zone sets, zones, and ports in
the following ways:
Click a zone, zone set, or port icon.
Right-click to select a zone set or zone, and open the corresponding popup
menu.
Hold down the Shift key while clicking several consecutive icons.
Hold down the Control key while clicking several non-consecutive icons.
Using tool bar buttons, popup menus, or a drag-and-drop method, you can create
and manage zone sets and zones in the zoning database.
Table 3-4
describes the
zoning tool bar operations.
Use the Edit Zoning dialog to define zoning changes, and click the
Apply
button
to open the Error Check dialog. Click the
Error Check
button to have SANsurfer
Switch Manager check for zoning conflicts, such as empty zones, aliases, or zone
sets, and ACL zones with non-domain ID/port number membership. Click the
Save Zoning
button to implement the changes. Click the
Close
button to close
the Error Check dialog. On the Edit Zoning dialog, click the
Close
button to close
the Edit Zoning dialog.
NOTE:
If the Interop Auto Save parameter is enabled on the Zoning
Configuration dialog, then every time the active zone set changes, the
switch will copy it into an inactive zone set stored on the switch. You
can edit this copy of the active zone set stored on the switch, and
activate the updated copy to conveniently apply the changes to the
active zone set. The edited copy then becomes the active zone set.
Summary of Contents for SANbox 5200 Series
Page 48: ...2 Using SANsurfer Switch Manager Using the Faceplate Display 2 30 59056 03 C A Notes...
Page 152: ...4 Managing Switches Displaying Hardware Status 4 46 59056 03 C A Notes...
Page 180: ...5 Managing Ports Graphing Port Performance 5 28 59056 03 C A...
Page 318: ...A Command Line Interface Zoning Command A 138 59056 03 C A Notes...