Sun Microsystems 5602 User Manual

3 – Managing Fabrics

Zoning a Fabric

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Default visibility determines the level of communication that is permitted among 
ports/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, all ports/devices on the switch can communicate with all ports/devices on 
switches that also have default visibility enabled. When Default Visibility is 
disabled (NONE), none of the ports/devices on that switch can communicate with 
any other port/device in the fabric.

The Discard Inactive parameter automatically removes inactive zones and zone 
sets when a zoneset is activated or deactivated from a remote switch. 

You can save the zoning database to an XML file. You can later reload this zoning 
database on the same switch or another switch. To save a zoning database to a 
file, do the following:

1.

In the faceplate display, open the Zoning menu, and select Edit Zoning.

2.

In the Edit Zoning dialog, open the File menu and select Save As.

3.

In the Save dialog, enter a file name for the database file.

4.

Click the Save button to save the zoning file.

Do the following to restore the zoning database from a file to a switch:

1.

In the faceplate display, open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning to 
open the Edit Zoning window.

2.

Open the File menu and select Open File. A popup window will prompt you 
to select an XML zoning database file.

3.

Select a file and click Open.

Restoring the zoning database from a file will replace the current 
zoning database on the switch.