Creating A Zone In A Zone Set - Qlogic SANbox 5602 User Manual

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3.6.5.1

Creating a Zone in a Zone Set

When a zone is created, its zone type is soft. To change the zone type to a hard
zone, refer to
"Zones" on page 3-21
zone in a zone set, do the following:
1. Open the Zoning menu, and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning
dialog.
2. Select a zone set.
3. Open the Edit menu and select Create a Zone.
4. In the Create a Zone dialog, enter a name for the new zone, and click the
OK button. The new zone name is displayed in the Zone Sets dialog. A zone
name must begin with a letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid
characters are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, _, ^, $, and -.
Note:
5. To add switch ports or attached devices to the zone, do one of the following:
6. Click the Apply button to save changes to the zoning database.
59097-00 A
"Changing Zone Types" on page 3-36
for information on zone types (soft and hard). To create a
If you enter the name of a zone that already exists in the
database, the SANsurfer Switch Manager application will ask if
you would like to add that zone and its membership to the zone
set.
In the zone set tree, select the zone set. In the graphic window, select
the port to add to the zone. Open the Edit menu and select Add
Members.
Select a port by port number, Fibre Channel address, or World Wide
Name in the Port/Device tree, and drag it into the zone.
Select a port by port number, Fibre Channel address, or World Wide
Name in the Port/Device tree. Right-click the zone and select Add
Zone Members from the popup menu.
3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning a Fabric
for more information. Refer to
3-33