Removing All Zone And Zoneset Definitions; Managing Zonesets; Creating A Zoneset; Activating And Deactivating A Zoneset - HP StorageWorks 8/20q User Manual

2. Click OK to confirm that you want to restore default zoning and save changes to the zoning database.

Removing all zone and zoneset definitions

To remove all zone and zoneset definitions, choose one of the following options:
• Select Edit > Clear Zoning. In the Removes All dialog box, and then click Yes to confirm that you want
to delete all zones and zonesets.
• Right-click the Zonesets heading at the top of the Zonesets tree, and then select Clear Zoning from the
popup menu. Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete all zonesets and zones.

Managing zonesets

Zoning a fabric involves creating a zoneset, creating zones as zoneset members, then adding devices as
zone members. The zoning database supports multiple zonesets to serve the different security and access
needs of your storage area network, but only one zoneset can be active at one time. Managing zonesets
consists of the following tasks:
• Creating a
• Activating and deactivating a
• Removing a
• Copying a zone to a
NOTE: Changes that you make to the zoning database are limited to the managed switch and do not
propagate to the rest of the fabric. To distribute changes to configured zonesets fabric wide, you must edit
the zoning databases on the individual switches.

Creating a zoneset

To create a zoneset:
1. Open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog box.
2. Open the Edit menu and select Create Zoneset to open the Create Zoneset dialog box.
3. Enter a name for the zoneset, and then click OK. The new zoneset name is displayed in the Zonesets
dialog box.
A zoneset name must begin with a letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are
0–9, A–Z, a–z, _, -, ^, and $.
4. Choose one of the following options to create new zones in a zoneset:
• Right-click a zoneset and select Create A Zone from the popup menu. In the Create a Zone dialog
box, enter a name for the new zone, and then click OK. The new zone name is displayed in the
Zonesets dialog box.
• Copy an existing zone by dragging a zone into the new zoneset. See
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5. Click Apply to save changes to the zoning database.

Activating and deactivating a zoneset

You must activate a zoneset to apply its zoning definitions to the fabric. When you activate a zoneset, the
switch distributes that zoneset to the temporary zoning database on every switch in the fabric. Only one
zoneset can be active at one time.
The purpose of the deactivate function is to suspend all fabric zoning which results in free communication
fabric-wide (when Default Zone is set to Allow) or no communication (when Default Zone is set to Deny). It
is not necessary to deactivate the active zoneset before activating a new one.
To activate a zoneset, open the Zoning menu and select Activate Zoneset to open the Activate Zoneset
dialog box. Select a zoneset from the Select Zoneset drop-down list, and click Activate.
To deactivate the active zoneset, open the Zoning menu, select Deactivate Zoneset. Acknowledge the
warning about traffic disruption, and click Yes to confirm that you want to deactivate the active zoneset.
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