Q-Logic 59022-03 D manual Section Managing Fabrics, 11.2

SANbox2 Switch Management		￿
User’s Guide
2.11.2	Working with Ports	2-19
2.11.2.1	Selecting Ports	2-19
2.11.2.2	Opening Popup Menus	2-20
2.11.3	Faceplate Data Windows	2-20
Section 3	Managing Fabrics
3.1	Security	3-1
3.1.1	User Authentication	3-1
3.1.2	Fabric Security	3-1
3.2	Managing the Fabric Database	3-2
3.2.1	Adding a Fabric	3-2
3.2.2	Removing a Fabric	3-3
3.2.3	Opening a Fabric View File	3-3
3.2.4	Saving a Fabric View File	3-3
3.2.5	Rediscovering a Fabric	3-3
3.2.6	Adding a New Switch to a Fabric	3-4
3.2.7	Replacing a Failed Switch in a Fabric	3-5
3.2.8	Deleting Switches and Links	3-5
3.3	Displaying Fabric Information	3-5
3.3.1	Fabric Status	3-6
3.3.2	Active Zone Set Data Window	3-8
3.4	Zoning a Fabric	3-9
3.4.1	Zoning Concepts	3-9
3.4.1.1	Zones	3-10
3.4.1.2	Aliases	3-11
3.4.1.3	Zone Sets	3-12
3.4.1.4	Zoning Database	3-12
3.4.1.5	Zoning Configuration	3-13
3.4.2	Using the Zoning Config Window	3-15
3.4.3	Restoring Default Zoning	3-15
3.4.4	Merging Fabrics and Zoning	3-16
3.4.4.1	Zone Merge Failure	3-16
3.4.4.2	Zone Merge Failure Recovery	3-16
3.4.5	Using the Edit Zoning Window	3-17
3.4.6	Managing Zone Sets	3-19
3.4.6.1	Creating a Zone Set	3-20
3.4.6.2	Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set	3-20
3.4.6.3	Copying a Zone to a Zone Set	3-21
3.4.6.4	Removing a Zone from a Zone Set or from All Zone Sets	3-21
3.4.6.5	Removing a Zone Set	3-21

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