Q-Logic 59022-11 A 4-13 Manuel D’Utilisation

3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning a Fabric

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To edit the zoning database for a particular switch, open the Zoning menu from 
the faceplate display and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog 
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. Changes can only be made to inactive zone sets, which are 

stored in flash (non-volatile) memory and retained after resetting a switch.

To apply zoning to a fabric, choose a zone set and activate it. When you activate a 
zone set, the switch distributes that zone set and its zones, excluding aliases, to 
every switch in the fabric. This zone set is known as the active zone set. 

You can not edit an active zone set on a switch. You must configure an inactive 
zone set to your needs and then activate that updated zone set to apply the 
changes to the fabric. When you activate a zone set, the switch distributes that 
zone set to the temporary zoning database on every switch in the fabric. However, 
in addition to the merged active zone set, each switch maintains its own original 
zone set in its zoning database. Only one zone set can be active at one time.

If the Interop Auto Save parameter is enabled on the Zoning 
Configuration dialog, then every time the active zone set changes, the 
switch will copy it into an inactive zone set stored on the switch. You 
can edit this copy of the active zone set stored on the switch, and 
activate the updated copy to conveniently apply the changes to the 
active zone set. The edited copy then becomes the active zone set. 

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Zone Sets 

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