HP AA-RW20A-TE manual Activating and deactivating a zone set, Copying a zone to a zone set

Activating and deactivating a zone set

You must activate a zone set to apply its zoning definitions to the fabric. Only one zone set can be active at one time. When you activate a zone set, the switch distributes that zone set to the temporary zoning database on every McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch in the fabric. To activate a zone set, perform the following procedure:

1.Select Zoning > Activate Zone Set to open the Activate Zone Set dialog.

2.Select a zone set from the Select Zone Set drop-down list.

3.Click Activate the selected zone set.

The purpose of the deactivate function is to suspend all fabric zoning which results in free communication fabric wide or no communication depending on the default visibility setting. Refer to ”Default Visibility” on page 55 for more information. It is not necessary to deactivate the active zone set before activating a new one. To deactivate the active zone set, perform the following procedure:

1.Select Zoning > Deactivate Zone Set to open the Deactivate Zone Set dialog.

2.Acknowledge the warning about traffic disruption.

3.Click Yes to confirm that you want to deactivate the active zone set.

Copying a zone to a zone set

You can copy an existing zone and its membership from one zone set to another. Select the zone and drag it to the chosen zone set. Click Apply to save changes to the zoning database.

Removing a zone from a zone set or from all zone sets

To remove a zone from a zone set or from all zone sets in the database, perform the following procedure:

1.Select Zoning > Edit Zoning in the faceplate display to open the Edit Zoning dialog.

2.Select the zone or zones to be removed In the Zone Sets tree.

3.Select Edit > Remove to remove the zone from the zone set, or select Edit > Remove from All Zones to remove the zone from all zone sets.

4.Click Apply to save changes to the zoning database.

Alternatively, you can use shortcut menus to remove a zone from a zone set or from all zone sets in the database.

Removing a zone set

Removing a zone set from the database affects the member zones in the following ways.

•Member zones that are members of other zone sets are not affected.

•Member zones that are not members of other zone sets become members of the orphan zone set. The orphan zone set cannot be removed and is not saved on the switch.

To delete a zone set from the database, perform the following procedure:

1.Select Zoning > Edit Zoning in the faceplate display to open the Edit Zoning dialog.

2.Select the zone set to be removed in the Zone Sets tree.

3.Select Edit > Remove to remove the zone set.

4.Click Apply to save changes to the zoning database.

Alternatively, you may use shortcut menus to remove a zone set from the database.

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