Q-Logic 59226-00 B manual Creating a Zone in a Zone Set

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3.6.5.1

Creating a Zone in a Zone Set

When a zone is created, its zone type is soft. To change the zone type to a hard zone, refer to “Changing Zone Types” on page 3-37for more information. Refer to “Zones” on page 3-21for information on zone types (soft and hard). To create a zone in a zone set, do the following:

1.Open the Zoning menu, and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog.

2.Select a zone set.

3.Open the Edit menu and select Create a Zone.

4.In the Create a Zone dialog, enter a name for the new zone, and click the OK button. 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 -.

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

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

„In the zone set tree, select the zone set. In the graphic window, select the port to add to the zone. Open the Edit menu and select Add Members.

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

„Select a port by port number, Fibre Channel address, or World Wide Name in the Port/Device tree. Right-click the zone and select Add Zone Members from the popup menu.

6.Click the Apply button to save changes to the zoning database.

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