HP AA-RW20A-TE manual Managing zones, Creating a zone in a zone set, Adding zone members

Managing zones

Managing zones involves the following:

•Creating a zone in a zone set, page 58

•Adding zone members, page 58

•Renaming a zone or a zone set, page 59

•Removing a zone member, page 59

•Removing a zone from a zone Set, page 59

•Removing a zone from all zone sets, page 59

NOTE: Changes you save to the zoning database on a switch are not propagated to other switches in the fabric unless you activate a zone set or edit the zoning databases on the individual switches in the fabric. When a zone set is activated, it is propagated and saved to temporary memory in each McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch in the fabric. If a switch has the Interop Auto Save parameter enabled in the Zoning Config dialog, the zone set is saved to permanent memory on that McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch. Refer to ”Configuring the zoning database” on page 54 for more information.

Creating a zone in a zone set

To create a zone in a zone set, perform the following procedure:

1.Select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog.

2.Select a zone set in which to create a zone.

3.Select Edit > Create a Zone.

4.Enter a name for the new zone in the Create a Zone dialog

The new zone name is displayed in the Zone Sets dialog. A zone name must begin with a letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0—9, A—Z, a—z, _, ^, $, and -.

5.Click OK.

NOTE: If you enter the name of a zone that already exists in the database, the McDATA Web Server application will ask if you would like to add that zone and its membership to the zone set.

6.To add switch ports or attached devices to the zone, choose one of the following:

•Select the zone set In the zone set tree. Select the port to add to the zone in the graphic window. Select Edit > Add Members.

•Select a port by port number or World Wide Name in the Port/Device tree, and drag it into the zone.

•Select a port by port number or World Wide Name in the Port/Device tree. Right-click the zone. Select Add Zone Members from the popup menu.

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

Adding zone members

You can zone a port/device by switch domain ID and port number, or the device port WWN. Adding a port/device to a zone affects every zone set in which that zone is a member. Domain ID/port zoning is only supported in McDATA Fabric interop mode for other McDATA switches. To add ports/devices to a zone, perform the following procedure:

1.Select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog.

2.Choose one of the following methods to add the port/device:

•Select a port/device in the Port/Device tree, and drag it into the zone. Press and hold Control while selecting multiple ports/devices.

•Select a port/device in the Port/Device tree. Press and hold Control while selecting to select multiple ports/devices. Select a zone set in the left pane. Select Edit > Add Members.

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