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To apply zoning to a fabric, choose a zoneset and activate it. When you activate a zoneset, the switch
distributes that zoneset and its zones, excluding aliases, to every switch in the fabric. This zoneset is then
known as the active zoneset.
You cannot edit an active zoneset on a switch. You must configure an inactive zoneset to your needs and
then activate that updated zoneset to apply the changes to the fabric. When you activate a zoneset, the
switch distributes that zoneset to the temporary zoning database on every switch in the fabric. However, in
addition to the merged active zoneset, each switch maintains its own original zoneset in its zoning
database. However, only one zoneset can be active at one time.
NOTE: If the Merge Auto Save parameter is enabled on the Zoning Configuration dialog box, then every
time the active zoneset changes, the switch will copy it into an inactive zoneset stored on the switch. To
conveniently apply the changes to the active zoneset, you can edit the copy of the active zoneset, and then
activate the updated copy. The edited copy then becomes the active zoneset.
The Edit Zoning dialog box has a Zonesets tree on the left and a Port/Device (or members) tree on the
right. Both trees use display conventions similar to those used by the fabric tree for expanding and
contracting zonesets, zones, and ports. An expanded port shows the port Fibre Channel address; an
expanded address shows the port World Wide Name. You can select zonesets, zones, and ports in any
one of the following ways:
• Click a zone, zoneset, or port icon.
• Right-click to select a zoneset or zone, and then open the corresponding popup menu.
• Press and hold down the Shift key while clicking several consecutive icons.
• Press and hold down the Control key while clicking several non-consecutive icons.
Using tool bar buttons, popup menus, or the drag-and-drop method, you can create and manage zonesets
and zones in the zoning database.
To create and manage zonesets:
1. Use the Edit Zoning dialog box to define zoning changes, and then click Apply to open the Error Check
dialog box.
2. Click Error Check to have QuickTools check for zoning conflicts, such as empty zones, aliases, or
zonesets, and zones with non-domain ID/port number membership.
3. Click Save Zoning to implement the changes.
4. Click Close to close the Error Check dialog box.
Table 7 describes the zoning tool bar operations.
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