Zone Sets; Zoning Database - HP SAN Switch User Manual

Zone sets

A zone set is a named group of zones. A zone can be a member of more than one zone set. Each switch
in the fabric maintains its own zoning database containing the active zone set. This zoning database
resides in non-volatile or permanent memory and is therefore retained after a reset. See
configured and active zone
orphan zone set is created automatically to hold the zones that are not in any set. The orphan zone set
cannot be removed and is not saved on the switch.
To apply zoning to a fabric, create a zone set and activate it. When you activate a zone set, the switch
distributes that zone set and its zones to every switch in the fabric. This zone set is known as the active
zone set.

Zoning database

Each switch has its own zoning database. The zoning database is made up of the active zone set that has
been created on the switch or received from other switches. The switch maintains two copies of the zoning
database: one copy is maintained in temporary memory for editing purposes; the second copy is
maintained in permanent memory. Zoning database edits are made on an individual switch basis and are
not propagated to other switches in the fabric when saved. When a zone set is activated, it is propagated
and saved to temporary memory in each switch in the fabric. If the Interop Auto Save parameter is enabled
in the Zoning Config dialog, the zone set is saved to permanent memory on that switch.
NOTE:
If the Interop Auto Save parameter is enabled on the Zoning Configuration dialog, then every time
the active zone set changes, the switch will copy it into an inactive zone set stored on the switch. You can
edit this copy of the active zone set stored on the switch, and activate the updated copy to conveniently
apply the changes to the active zone set. The edited copy then becomes the active zone set.
The Interop Auto Save parameter determines whether changes to the active zone set that a switch receives
from another switch in the fabric will be saved to permanent memory on that switch. See
zoning database" on page 42 for information about zoning configuration.
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sets" on page 44 for information about displaying the zoning database. The
"Displaying the
"Configuring the