Scheduling a security configuration deployment. . . . . . . . . . .632

Chapter 19

Zoning

 

 

Zoning overview

637

 

Online zoning

638

 

Offline zoning

639

 

Zoning naming conventions

639

Zone database size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640

Zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640 Configuring zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640 Creating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .641 Viewing zone properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .641 Adding members to a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .642 Creating a member in a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .643 Removing a member from a zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .643 Renaming a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .644 Deleting a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645 Duplicating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645 Customizing the zone member display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .646 Enabling or disabling the default zone for fabrics . . . . . . . . . .646 Creating a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .647 Editing a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .647 Removing an object from a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .648 Exporting zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .649 Renaming a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .649 Deleting a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .649 Duplicating a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .650 Creating a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .650 Viewing zone configuration properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651 Adding zones to a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651 Removing a zone from a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .651 Activating a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .652 Deactivating a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .653 Renaming a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .654 Deleting a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .654 Duplicating a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .655 Creating an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .655 Deleting an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .656 Refreshing a zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .657 Merging fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .657 Merging two zone databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .658 Creating a common active zone configuration in two fabrics .659 Saving a zone database to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .660 Exporting an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .660 Importing an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661 Rolling back changes to the offline zone database . . . . . . . .661

Zoning administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661 Comparing zone databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .662 Managing zone configuration comparison alerts . . . . . . . . . .663 Setting change limits on zoning activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .664

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