Zoning Configurations; Resulting Database Size: 256K To 1M - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Table 64 Resulting database size: 128K to 256K (continued)
Initiator
Fabric
OS 3.1
Fabric OS Segment
5.0.0/5.0.1
Fabric OS 5.2.0 or Segment
later
FC router Segment
XPath 7.3 Segment
Table 65

Resulting database size: 256K to 1M

Initiator
Fabric OS
3.1
Fabric OS 3.1 Segment
Fabric OS 3.2 Segment
Fabric OS 4.0/ Segment
4.1/4.2
Fabric OS 4.4.0 Segment
Fabric OS 5.0.0/ Segment
5.0.1/5.1.0
Fabric OS 5.2.0 Segment
or later
FC router Segment
XPath 7.3 Segment

Zoning configurations

You can store a number of zones in a zoning configuration database. The maximum number of items that
can be stored in the zoning configuration database depends on the following criteria:
• Number of switches in the fabric.
• Whether or not interoperability mode is enabled.
• Number of bytes for each item name. The number of bytes required for an item name depends on the
specifics of the fabric, but cannot exceed 64 bytes for each item.
When enabling a new zone configuration, you must ensure that the size of the configuration does not
exceed the minimum size supported by all switches in the fabric. This is particularly important if and when
you downgrade to a Fabric OS version that supports a smaller zone database than the current Fabric OS.
In this scenario, the zone database in the current Fabric OS would have to be changed to the smaller zone
database before the downgrade.
You can use the cfgSize command to check both the maximum available size and the currently saved
size on all switches. See the Fabric OS Command Reference for details on the cfgSize command. If you
believe you are approaching the maximum, you can save a partially completed zoning configuration and
use the cfgSize command to determine the remaining space.
254 Administering advanced zoning
Receiver
Fabric Fabric Fabric
OS 3.2 OS 4.0/ OS
4.1/ 4.4.0
4.2
Join Segment Join
Join Join Join
Join Segment Join
Segment Segment Segment
Receiver
Fabric Fabric OS
OS 3.2 4.0/
4.1/
4.2
Segment Segment
Segment Segment
Segment Segment
Segment Segment
Segment Asymmetrical
Segment
Segment Segment
Segment Segment
Segment Segment
Fabric Fabric OS
OS 5.2.0 or
5.0.0/ later
5.0.1/
5.1.0
Join Join
Join Join
Join Join
Segment Segment
Fabric OS Fabric Fabric
4.4.0 OS OS
5.0.0/ 5.2.0 or
5.0.1/ later
5.1.0
Segment Segment Segment
Segment Segment Segment
Segment Segment Segment
Segment Segment Segment
Segment Join Segment
Segment Segment Join
Segment Join Join
Segment Segment Segment
Fibre XPath 7.3
Channel
Router
Join Segment
Join Join
Join Segment
Segment Segment
Fibre XPath
Channel 7.3
Router
Segment Segment
Segment Segment
Segment Segment
Segment Segment
Segment Segment
Join Segment
Join Segment
Segment Segment