MaxTotalMembers is 10,000. The maximum number of total zone and alias members that can be configured on the switch. This will be enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric. Aliases are considered zone members since they can be added to a zone just like a normal zone member.

MaxZonesInZoneSets is 2000. The maximum number of zone linkages to zonesets that can be configured on the switch. This will be enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric. Every time a zone is added to a zoneset this constitutes a linkage.

MaxMembersPerZone is 2000. The maximum number of zone members that can be added to any zone on the switch. This will be enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric. Aliases are considered zone members when added to a zone.

MaxMembersPerAlias is 2000. The maximum number of zone members that can be added to any alias on the switch. This will be enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric.

Managing the zoning database

Managing the zoning database consists of the following:

Editing the zoning database, page 52

Configuring the zoning database, page 54

Saving the zoning database to a file, page 55

Restoring the zoning database from a file, page 55

Restoring the default zoning database, page 55

Removing all zoning definitions, page 56

Editing the zoning database

Select Zoning > Edit Zoning from the faceplate display to open the Edit Zoning dialog shown in Figure 25. Changes can only be made to inactive zone sets, which are stored in flash (non-volatile) memory and retained after resetting a switch.

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Figure 25 Edit Zoning dialog

To apply zoning to a fabric, choose a zone set and activate it. When you activate a zone set, the switch distributes that zone set and its zones, excluding aliases, to every switch in the fabric. This zone set is known as the active zone set.

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