zoning

Initiates an edit session in which to change switch zoning attributes. The system displays each parameter one line at a time and prompts you for a value. For each parameter, enter a new value or press Enter to accept the current value shown in brackets. Table 48 describes the zoning configuration parameters.

Table 48 Set Config zoning parameters

Parameter

Description

 

 

InteropAutoSave

Available only when the InteropMode parameter is Standard, this parameter

 

enables (True) or disables (False) the saving of changes to active zone set in

 

the switch’s permanent memory. Refer to InteropMode” on page 159. The

 

default is True.

 

Disabling the Autosave parameter can be useful to prevent saving zoning

 

information when experimenting with different zoning schemes. However,

 

leaving the Autosave parameter disabled can disrupt device configurations

 

should a switch have to be reset. For this reason, the Autosave parameter

 

should be enabled in a production environment.

 

 

DefaultVisibility

Available only when InteropMode is Standard, this parameter enables (All)

 

or disables (None) communication among the switch ports/devices and the

 

fabric in the absence of an active zone set. Refer to InteropMode” on

 

page 159.The default is True. This parameter takes precedence over the

 

DefaultZone parameter when InteropMode is Standard and there is no

 

active zone set.

 

 

DefaultZone

Enables (True) or disables (False) communication among ports/devices that

 

are not defined in the active zone set or when there is no active zone set.

 

This parameter must have the same value throughout the fabric. If

 

InteropMode is McDATA Fabric Mode, the DefaultZone parameter is

 

automatically distributed throughout the fabric. If McDATA 4Gb SAN

 

Switches are in a fabric with other M-Series directors and edge switches,

 

and the InteropMode is Standard/Open Fabric, the DefaultZone parameter

 

MUST be disabled (False) on the McDATA 4Gb SAN Switches for zoning to

 

function properly.

 

 

DiscardInactive

Enables (True) or disables (False) the discarding of the active zone set when

 

a new zone set is activated from another switch. The default is True.