Enabling A Zone Configuration - HP StorageWorks 8B - FC Entry Switch User Manual

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Using Zoning
In Figure 3-2, zone configurations are defined, enabled and saved to flash:
Figure 3-2
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Disabling it. This deletes the effective configuration and saves the defined to flash. There is no
effective configuration in the flash at this point. To disable a configuration, use the
cfgDisable command.
Note:

Enabling a Zone Configuration

When a zone configuration is enabled, all zones within the configuration are enabled. All devices
within an enabled zone are visible to each other; however, they cannot communicate outside their
zone. Zones can overlap within a zone configuration.
When a zone configuration is enabled the following happens:
1. All aliases are expanded.
2. Inconsistencies are checked. If inconsistencies are discovered, an error occurs and the previous
state of the fabric is preserved. (For example, if zoning is disabled, it remains disabled; if an
existing configuration is enabled, it remains enabled.)
3. Switch hardware is loaded with the zoning information.
4. Zone members are loaded.
5. Registered State Change Notifications (RSCNs) are generated.
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Defined Enabled
Enable
Config1
Config1
Config2
Config3
Config4
Config5 (new)
Save directly to Flash
Enforced
Saving a Zone Configuration
Only the enabled configuration (in the shaded area) is enforced.
Saved
. . .then Save to Flash
Config1
Config2
Config3
Config4
Zoning User's Guide