Removing An Alias From All Zones; Merging Fabrics And Zoning; Zone Merge Failure - Qlogic SANbox 5600 Series User Manual

3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning

Removing an Alias from All Zones

To remove an alias from all zones, do the following:
1. In the Zone Sets tree in the Edit Zoning dialog, select the alias to be
removed.
2. Open the Edit menu, and select Delete Alias.
3. Click the Yes button in the Remove dialog to save the change.
4. Click the Apply button in the Edit Zoning dialog to save the change.
5. Click the Close button to close the Edit Zoning dialog.

Merging Fabrics and Zoning

If you join two fabrics with an inter-switch link, the active zone sets from the two
fabrics attempt to merge automatically. The fabrics may consist of a single switch
or many switches already connected together. The switches in the two fabrics
attempt to create a new active zone set containing the union of each fabric's
active zone set. The propagation of zoning information only affects the active zone
set, not the configured zone sets, unless Merge Auto Save is turned on.

Zone Merge Failure

If a zone merge is unsuccessful, the inter-switch links between the fabrics will
isolate due to a zone merge failure, which will generate an alarm. The reason for
the E_Port isolation can also be determined by viewing the port information. Refer
to Table 5-1
A zone merge will fail if the two active zone sets have member zones with
identical names that differ in membership or type. For example, consider Fabric A
and Fabric B each with a zone named "ZN1" in its active zone set. Fabric A "ZN1"
contains a member specified by Domain ID 1 and Port 1; Fabric B "ZN1" contains
a member specified by Domain ID 1 and Port 2. In this case, the merge will fail
because the two zones have the same name, but different membership.
A zone merge may also fail if the merged zones/members exceeds the max
zoning limits. Refer to
more information on zoning limits.
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for more information.
"Viewing Zoning Limits and Properties" on page 3-18
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