Removing A Zone Set; Managing Zones; Creating A Zone In A Zone Set - HP StorageWorks 8/20q User Manual

Removing a zone set

Removing a zone set from the database affects the member zones in the following ways.
• Member zones that are members of other zone sets are not affected.
• Zones that are currently not in a zone set are considered to be part of the orphan zone set. The orphan
zone set is not an actual zone set, but rather a way of displaying the zones that are not currently in a
zone set.
To remove a zone set:
1. Select a switch or stack in the fabric tree.
2. Select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning window.
3. If you selected a stack and the zoning database is not identical on all switches in the stack, choose a
switch from the Select Source Switch list. Changes that you make to this switch are distributed to the
other switches in the stack.
4. In the zone set tree, select the zone set to be removed, and select Edit > Remove.
5. Click Yes to confirm the zone set removal.
6. Click Apply to open the Save Zoning and Error Check dialog box, which presents the following
options:
• Perform Error Check checks for zoning conflicts, such as empty zones, aliases, or zone sets. This
option is recommended before saving. If errors are found, click Close and correct the errors.
• Save Zoning save the changes to the zoning database with an option to activate a zone set. The
Zone set activation dialog box prompts you to activate a zone set. Click Yes to select and activate a
zone set; click No to save the changes without activating a zone set.
• Close cancels the Apply operation without saving the changes.
7. Click Close to close the Save Zoning and Error Check dialog box.
8. Click Close to close the Edit Zoning dialog box.
Alternatively, you may right-click and use shortcut menus to remove a zone set from the database.

Managing zones

The following describes the zone management tasks.

Creating a zone in a zone set

To create a zone in a zone set:
1. Select a switch or stack in the fabric tree.
2. Select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning window.
3. If you selected a stack and the zoning database is not identical on all switches in the stack, choose a
switch from the Select Source Switch list. Changes that you make to this switch are distributed to the
other switches in the stack.
4. In the zone set tree, select a zone set in which to create a zone.
5. Select Edit > Create a Zone to open the Create a Zone dialog box.
Enter a name for the new zone, and then click OK. A zone name must begin with a letter and be no
6.
longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0–9, A–Z, a–z, _, ^, $, and -. The new zone name
appears in the Zonesets dialog box.
7. Click OK.
NOTE: If you enter the name of a zone that already exists in the database, the Enterprise Fabric
Management Suite application asks if you would like to add that zone and its membership to the zone set.
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