Zoning Configuration; Configuring Zoning; Creating A Zone - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

Zoning configuration

At a minimum, zoning configuration entails creating zones and zone members. However, you can
also create zone aliases, zone configurations, and zone databases. You can define multiple zone
configurations, deactivating and activating individual configurations as your needs change. Zoning
configuration can also involve enabling or disabling the default zone.

Configuring zoning

The following procedure provides an overview of the steps you must perform to configure zoning.
Note that for any zoning-related procedure, changes to a zone database are not saved until you
click OK or Apply on the Zoning dialog box. If you click Cancel or the close button (X), no changes
are saved.
1. Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric.
2. Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.
3. Select a fabric from the Zoning Scope list.
4. If you want to show all the discovered fabrics in the Potential Members list, right-click in the
5. Create the zones.
6. Add members to each zone.
7.
8. Activate the zone configuration.
9. Set zoning policies, if necessary.
10. Click OK or Apply to save your changes.

Creating a zone

1. Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric.
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The Zoning dialog box displays.
This identifies the target entity for all subsequent zoning actions and displays the zoning
database for the selected entity.
Potential Members list and select Display All.
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new member in an LSAN zone"
Create a zone configuration.
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page 723.
Any zones or zone configurations you have changed are saved in the zone database.
The Zoning dialog box displays.
"Creating a zone" on page 717.
"Adding members to a zone"
on page 741.
"Creating a zone configuration"
"Activating a zone configuration"
"Enabling or disabling the default zone for fabrics"

Zoning configuration

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