2–Managing Fabrics
Zoning
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The Edit Zoning dialog box 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 collapsing 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
shortcut menu.
Press SHIFT while clicking several consecutive icons.
Press CTRL while clicking several non consecutive icons.
Using tool bar buttons, shortcut menus, or a drag-and-drop method, you can
create and manage zone sets and zones in the zoning database.
describes the zoning tool bar operations.
Use the Edit Zoning dialog box to define zoning changes, and click
Apply
to view
the Error Check dialog box. Click
Error Check
to have QuickTools check for
zoning conflicts, such as empty zones, aliases, or zone sets, and zones with non
domain ID/port number membership. Click
Save Zoning
to implement the
changes. Click
Close
to close the Error Check dialog box. On the Edit Zoning
dialog box, click
Close
to close the Edit Zoning dialog box.
NOTE:
If the Merge Auto Save parameter is enabled on the Zoning Configuration
dialog box, 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.
Table 2-4. Edit Zoning Dialog Box Tool Bar Buttons and Icons
Button/Icon
Description
Create Zone Set button—creates a new zone set
Create Zone button—creates a new zone
