3 – Managing Fabrics | |
Zoning a Fabric |
3.4.1.5.1
Auto Save
The Auto Save parameter on a switch determines whether zoning changes received from other switches in the fabric will be automatically saved to permanent memory on that switch. Zoning changes you apply to your switch are automatically saved to permanent memory on your switch, but where those changes are saved on each switch in the fabric is dependent on whether a switch has the Auto Save parameter enabled or disabled.
Zoning changes are saved to temporary memory on all switches in the fabric. If Auto Save is enabled, the switch firmware automatically saves the zoning changes it receives to both temporary and permanent memory on that switch. If Auto Save is disabled on a switch, any zoning changes that the switch receives will be stored only in its temporary memory.
How the save operation is triggered depends on the selected merge mode. When in
3.4.1.5.2
Merge Mode
The Merge Mode parameter enables a SANbox2 switch to interoperate with Brocade switches running
When you activate a zone set, the SW2 merge mode causes the active zone set to be distributed to temporary memory on all switches in the fabric. This ensures that all switches have identical active zone sets. The Brocade merge mode propagates the entire zoning database to temporary memory on all switches in the fabric anytime the zoning database is changed and saved on any switch.
3.4.1.5.3
Default Visibility
Default Visibility determines the level of communication that is permitted between devices when there is no active zone set. The default visibility parameter can be set differently on each switch. When default visibility is enabled (All) on a switch, the switch and its devices can communicate with all devices in the fabric. When Default Visibility is disabled (None) on a switch, none of the ports on that switch can communicate with any other port in the fabric.
