Activating A Zone Configuration - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade BladeSystem 4/24 User Manual

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Activating a zone configuration

For FC fabrics and router fabrics, when a zone configuration is active, its members can
communicate with one another. Only one zone configuration can be active at any given time.
When you initiate activation of a zone configuration, a number of checks are performed on the
zone configuration. These checks are performed before the Activate Zone Config dialog box is
displayed, and look for the following problems:
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For pure EOS fabrics, during zone configuration activation, the total number of zone members in
each zone and in the zone configuration are checked against the limits imposed by the firmware
and hardware product. If the limits are exceeded, a message is displayed informing you of the
exceeded limits as well as the zone configuration failure information. Click OK to close the
message box, and take appropriate action to meet the limits. For FC fabrics, this calculation is not
done during activation, but a message is displayed whenever the size of the zone database
exceeds the limits imposed by the switch.
When a zone configuration is activated, the entire zone database is sent to the fabric, except for
McDATA Open Mode (Interop Mode 3) or a pure M-EOS fabric, when only the active configuration
information is sent to the fabric.
NOTE
Only one server should be run at a time (actual servers performing discovery) or logon conflicts may
occur. Also, activation speeds may differ depending on the hardware vendor and type of zoning
used.
There are several conditions that could cause the Activate button to be unavailable. They include
the following:
1. Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric.
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Click OK or Apply to save your changes.
A message displays informing you that any zones or zone configurations you have changed will
be saved in the zone database, and warning you to make sure no other user is making
changes to the same areas.
Zone and zone configuration name violations
Zoning configuration violations
Zone configuration change limit violations
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If you do not have access privileges to activate zone configurations, the Activate button on
the Zone DB tab will be unavailable. You will not be able to activate a zone configuration
unless your access privileges are redefined.
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The fabric is not manageable.
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You do not have Read/Write or Activate privileges for the selected fabric and the selected
zone database (for FC fabric only).
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The selected fabric is not supported by the Management application.
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The selected fabric is no longer discovered.
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In McDATA Open Mode (InteropMode 3), the seed switch is a Fabric OS switch and either
no EOS switch is in the fabric or none of the EOS switches are manageable.
The Zoning dialog box displays.
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