Managing Zones; Creating A Zone In A Zone Set - Qlogic SANbox 5800V Series User Manual

3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning
To remove a zone set, do the following:
1. Open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning
dialog.
2. In the Zone Sets tree, select the zone set to be removed.
3. Open the Edit menu, and select Remove to remove the zone set.
4. Click the Apply button to save changes to the zoning database.
Alternatively, you may use shortcut menus to remove a zone set from the
database.

Managing Zones

Managing zones involves the following:

Creating a Zone in a Zone Set

Adding Zone Members
Renaming a Zone
Removing a Zone Member
Removing a Zone from a Zone Set
Removing a Zone from All Zone Sets
NOTE:
Changes that you make to the zoning database are limited to the managed
switch and do not propagate to the rest of the fabric. To distribute changes to
configured zone sets fabric wide, you must edit the zoning databases on the
individual switches.
Creating a Zone in a Zone Set
To create a zone in a zone set, do the following:
1. Open the Zoning menu, and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning
dialog.
2. Select a zone set.
3. Open the Edit menu and select Create a Zone.
4. In the Create a Zone dialog, enter a name for the new zone, and click the
OK button. The new zone name is displayed in the Zone Sets dialog. A zone
name must begin with a letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid
characters are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, _, ^, $, and -.
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