3 – Managing Fabrics Zoning a Fabric

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without closing the Edit Zoning window. Before zoning changes are implemented, SANbox Manager checks for and reports the following zoning conflicts:

„Empty zone sets

„Empty zones

„Empty aliases

„ACL or VPF zones with non-domain ID/port number membership

„VPF zones that share port/device members

„Members in the same ACL zone that are segmented by VPF zoning.

Using tool bar buttons, popup menus, or a drag-and-drop method, you can create and manage zone sets and zones in the zoning database. The Apply button saves changes to the zoning database without closing the window. The OK button saves the zoning changes to the database and closes the window. Table 3-3describes the zoning tool bar operations.

Table 3-3. Edit Zoning Window Tool Bar Buttons

Tool Bar Button

Description

Create Zone Set button - create a new zone set

Create Zone button - create a new zone

Create Alias button - create another name for a set of objects

Add Member button - add the selected zone to a zone set, or add the selected port/device to a zone

Remove Member button - delete the selected zone from a zone set, or delete the selected port/device from a zone

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