Editing The Zoning Database - Qlogic SANbox 5600 Series User Manual

3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning

Editing the Zoning Database

Use the Edit Zoning dialog
switch. To open the Edit Zoning dialog, open the Zoning menu and select Edit
Zoning. Changes can only be made to inactive zone sets, which are stored in
flash (non-volatile) memory and retained after resetting a switch.
To apply zoning to a fabric, choose a zone set and activate it. When you activate a
zone set, the switch distributes that zone set and its zones, excluding aliases, to
every switch in the fabric. This zone set is known as the active zone set.
You cannot edit an active zone set on a switch. You must configure an inactive
zone set to your needs and then activate that updated zone set to apply the
changes to the fabric. When you activate a zone set, the switch distributes that
zone set to the temporary zoning database on every switch in the fabric. However,
in addition to the merged active zone set, each switch maintains its own original
zone set in its zoning database. Only one zone set can be active at one time.
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Zone Sets
Tree
Figure 3-7 Edit Zoning Dialog
3-7) to edit the zoning database for a particular
Port/Device
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