Zoning Administration; Comparing Zone Databases - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

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Zoning administration

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ATTENTION
If failover is disabled, use care when planning your TI zones so that non-TI zone devices are not
isolated. If disabled failover is not used correctly, it can cause major fabric disruptions that are
difficult to resolve.
You cannot disable failover if the TI zone was created in the base fabric or in a fabric in which a
logical switch is configured to use XISLs (the Base Fabric for Transport check box is selected).
1. Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric.
2. Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.
3. Select an FC fabric from the Zoning Scope list.
4. Right-click the traffic isolation zone you want to disable failover on in the Zones list and clear
5. Click OK or Apply to save your changes.
Zoning administration
This section provides instructions for performing administrative functions with zoning. You can
rename, duplicate, delete, and perform other tasks on zone members, zones, and zone
configurations.

Comparing zone databases

You can compare zone databases against one another to identify any and all differences between
their membership prior to sending them to the switch. Once the two databases have been
compared, icons display to show the differences between the two databases. These icons are
illustrated and described in
TABLE 37
Icon
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Ensure that there are multiple paths between switches. Disabling failover locks the specified
route so that only TI zone traffic can use it.
The Zoning dialog box displays.
This identifies the target entity for all subsequent zoning actions and displays the zoning
database for the selected entity.
the Configured Failover check box.
A message displays informing you that any zones or zone configurations you have changed will
be saved in the zone database, and warning you to make sure no other user is making changes
to the same areas.
Table
Compare icon indicators
Description
Added—Displays when an element is added to the editable database.
Modified—Displays when an element is modified on the editable database.
Removed—Displays when an element is removed from the editable database.
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