Zone Sets; Active Zone Set - HP Surestore 64 - Director Switch User Manual

Zone Sets

A zone set is a group of zones that you can activate or deactivate as a single entity across all
managed products in either a single switch or a multiswitch fabric. Only one zone set can
be active at one time. Devices that are members of zones in the zone set can only
communicate with members of zones in the same zone set. However, devices can be
included as members of more than one zone set. By activating a zone set, you are making
all zones in the set active. You can configure up to 1023 zones in a zone set and up to 64
zone sets.
Here are some important points to remember about zone sets:
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If no zone set is active, and the default zone is disabled, then no devices can
communicate.
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If you activate a zone set when there is already an active zone set, that set will replace
the currently-active zone set.
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If you deactivate the current active zone set, then all devices connected in the fabric
become members of the default zone.
Please note the following naming conventions when naming zone sets:
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The first character of a zone set name must be a letter (A-Z, a-z).
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A zone set name cannot contain spaces.
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Valid characters are all letters, all numbers, and the special characters ($-^_).
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A zone set name can have a maximum of 64 characters.

Active Zone Set

An active zone set is a zone set that is currently active on a single-switch fabric or across all
managed products in a multiswitch fabric. At any time, you can disable zoning by
deactivating the active zone set and enabling the default zone, or you can enable zoning by
activating a zone set. When a zone set is active, all zones that are members of that zone set
are active. Only one zone set can be active for the fabric at one time. If no zones are active,
then all devices are considered to be in the default zone. The preferred mode is disabled.
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