Selecting A Zoning View - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

Saving the changes propagates any changes made in the Zone Administration window (buffered
changes) to the zoning database on the switch. If another user has a zoning operation in progress
at the time that you attempt to save changes, a warning displays that indicates that another zoning
transaction is in progress on the fabric. You can select to abort the other transaction and override it
with yours.
If the zoning database size exceeds the maximum allowed, you cannot save the changes. The
zoning database summary displays the maximum zoning database size.
This action updates the entire contents of the Zone Administration window, not just the selected
zone, alias, or configuration. You can save your changes at any time during the Zone Administration
session.
Use the following procedure to save the local zone changes.
1. Make the zoning changes in the Zone Administration window.
2. Select Zoning Actions > Save Config.
NOTE
If you have made changes to a configuration, you must enable the configuration before the changes
are effective. To enable the configuration, refer to

Selecting a zoning view

You can define how zoning elements are displayed in the Zone Administration window. The zoning
view you select determines how members are displayed in the Member Selection List panel
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List for the selected view, making it easier for you to create and modify zones, especially when
creating "hard zones."
Depending on the method you use to zone, certain tabs might or might not be available in the Zone
Administration window.
There are two views of defining members for zoning:
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Use the following procedure to define the view of the fabric resource.
1. Launch the Zone Administration window as described in
2. Select View > Choose Fabric Resources View.
3. Define the way you want to view the fabric resource and click OK.
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37). The views filter the fabric and device information displayed in the Member Selection
Fabric View—Displays the physical hierarchy of the fabric, a list of the attached and imported
physical devices (by WWN), and a list of the FC Virtual Initiators on switches that support iSCSI.
In the Fabric View, you can select ports for port-based zoning or devices for WWN-based
zoning.
Devices Only—Displays a list of the attached and imported physical devices by WWN. You
cannot select ports for port-based or mixed zoning schemes, nor can you select virtual
initiators for iSCSI FC Zone creation.
window" on page 121.
Zoning management
"Enabling zone configurations"
"Opening the Zone Administration
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