Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Adding members to a zone, Zoning configuration

19 Zoning configuration

Adding members to a zone

Use this procedure to add a member to a zone when the member is listed in the Potential Members list of the Zone DB tab.

Enterprise and Professional Plus editions: For instructions to add a member to a zone when the member is not listed in the Potential Members list, refer to the procedure “Creating a member in a zone” on page 643.

1.Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric. The Zoning dialog box displays.

2.Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.

3.Select a fabric from the Zoning Scope list.

This identifies the target entity for all subsequent zoning actions and displays the zoning database for the selected entity.

If you want to show all the discovered fabrics in your fabric group in the Potential Members list, right-click in the Potential Members list and select Display All.

4.Select one or more zones to which you want to add members in the Zones list. (Press SHIFT or CTRL and click each zone name to select more than one zone.)

5.Select an option from the Type list.

By default, the first time you launch the Zoning dialog box for a zoning scope, the Potential Members list displays valid members using the following rules:

•If you select the WWN type, the valid members display by the Attached Ports.

•If you select the Alias type, the valid members display by the device Alias.

6.Select one or more members to add to the zone in the Potential Members list. (Press SHIFT or CTRL and click each member to select more than one member. To add all ports on a device, select the device.)

You cannot add duplicate members to the same zone.

7.Click the right arrow between the Potential Members list and Zones list to add the selected members to the zone.

A message is displayed if unsupported potential members are moved to the Zones list. Click OK to close the message box. Reconsider your selections and make corrections as appropriate.

8.For offline zone databases only, complete the following steps to save the zone configuration into the switch from the offline zone database:

a.Select Save to Switch from the Zone DB Operation list.

b.Click Yes on the confirmation message.

The selected zone database is saved to the fabric without enabling a specific zone configuration.

9.Click OK or Apply to save your changes.

Any zones or zone configurations you have changed are saved in the zone database.

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