Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Managing zone configuration comparison alerts

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The Reference Zone DB and Editable Zone DB areas display all available element types (zone configurations, zones, and aliases) for the two selected zone databases. In the Editable Zone DB area, each element type and element display with an icon indicator (Table 72) to show the differences between the two databases.

5.Set the display for the database areas by selecting one of the following from the Comparison View list:

•Storage-to-Host Connectivity — Displays only storage and host devices.

•Host-to-Storage Connectivity — Displays only host and storage devices.

•Full — Displays all zone configurations, zones, and aliases.

6.Set the level of detail for the database areas by selecting one of the following options from the Tree Level list:

NOTE

This list is only available when you set the Comparison View to Full .

•All Level — Displays all zone configurations, zones, and aliases.

•Zone Configurations — Displays only zone configurations.

•Zones — Displays only zones.

7.Select the Differences only check box to display only the differences between the selected databases.

8.Select the Sync Scroll Enable check box to synchronize scrolling between the selected databases.

9.Click Previous or Next to navigate line-by-line in the Editable Zone DB area.

10.Click Close.

To merge two zone databases, refer to “Merging two zone databases” on page 658.

Managing zone configuration comparison alerts

You can turn off the automatic zone configuration comparison function if you no longer want to see two of the alert messages that the comparison can produce. When a zone configuration is successfully activated, the comparison function can display an alert icon if either of two conditions exist.

The messages are “The active zone configuration does not exist in the zone database” and “The active zone configuration does not match <zone configuration> in the zone database.” To turn off the icons and the messages, complete the following steps.

1.After successfully activating a zone configuration, click the Active Zone Configuration tab in the Zoning dialog box.

2.Select Turn off the comparison alerts between the active zone configuration and the zone database check box.

Any existing alert icons and messages are cleared and further comparisons are prevented.

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