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Zone sets
A zone set is a named group of zones. A zone can be a member of more than one zone set. All zones
that are not members of a zone set belong to the orphan zone set. The orphan zone set is saved to the
switch module. Each switch module in the fabric maintains its own zoning database containing one
or more zone sets. This zoning database resides in nonvolatile or permanent memory and is therefore
retained after a reset. For information about displaying the zoning database, see "Configured
Zonesets Data window" on page 98.
To apply zoning to a fabric, select a zone set and activate it. When you activate a zone set, the switch
module distributes that zone set to every switch in the fabric. Therefore, every switch module in the
fabric will have identical active zone sets. For information about displaying the active zone set, see
"Active Zoneset Data window" on page 82.
Zoning database
Each switch module has its own zoning database. The zoning database is made up of all aliases,
zones, and zone sets that have been created on the switch or received from other switch modules.
The switch module maintains two copies of the zoning database: one copy is maintained in
temporary memory for editing purposes; the second copy is maintained in permanent memory.
Zoning database edits are made on an individual switch basis and are not propagated to other switch
modules in the fabric when saved.
The Auto Save zoning configuration parameter controls whether the temporary zoning database is
automatically saved in permanent memory. For more information about the Auto Save parameters,
see "Zoning configuration."
The zoning limits for a fabric are:
• Maximum number of zonesets is 256
• Maximum number of zones is 256
• Maximum number of aliases is 256
• Maximum number of members per zone is 2000
• Maximum number of members per alias is 2000
• Maximum total number of zone and alias members is 2000
• Maximum total number of zone set members is 1000
Zoning configuration
You can set the zoning configuration parameters using the SAN Utility or the Set Zoning Config
command. For information about zoning configuration using the SAN Utility, see "Using the Zoning
Config window" on page 86 and "Set Config command" on page 24.
The following parameters make up the zoning configuration:
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Auto Save
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Default Visibility
Auto save
The Auto Save parameter determines whether changes to the active zone set that a switch module
receives from other switches in the fabric are saved to permanent memory on that switch module.
Changes are saved when an updated zone set is activated. Zoning changes are always saved to
temporary memory. However, if Auto Save is enabled, the switch module firmware saves changes to
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