Configuring The Zoning Database; Interop Auto Save; Zoning Config Dialog - HP AA-RW20A-TE User Manual

Table 7 Edit Zoning dialog tool bar buttons and icons (continued)
Tool bar button

Configuring the zoning database

Use the Zoning Config dialog to change the Interop Auto Save, Default Visibility, Default Zone, and
Discard Inactive configuration parameters. Open the faceplate display. Select Zoning > Edit Zoning Config
to open the Zoning Config dialog shown in
values into effect.
Figure 26

Zoning Config dialog

Interop Auto Save

The Interop Auto Save parameter determines whether changes to the active zone set that a switch receives
from other switches in the fabric will be saved to the zoning database on that switch. Changes are saved
when an updated zone set is activated. Zoning changes are always saved to temporary memory. However,
if Interop Auto Save is enabled, the switch firmware saves changes to the active zone set in temporary
memory and to the zoning database. If Interop Auto Save is disabled, changes to the active zone set are
stored only in temporary memory which is cleared when the switch is reset.
NOTE: Disabling the Interop Auto Save parameter can be useful to prevent the propagation of zoning
information when experimenting with different zoning schemes. However, leaving the Interop Auto Save
parameter disabled can disrupt device configurations should a switch have to be reset. For this reason, the
Interop Auto Save parameter should be enabled in a production environment.
54 Managing fabrics
Description
NL_Port (loop) device icon — logged in to fabric
NL_Port (loop) device icon — not logged in to fabric
N_Port device icon — logged in to fabric
N_Port device icon — not logged in to fabric
Figure 26. Click OK after making changes to put the new