Q-Logic SANBOX2-16 Manuel D’Utilisation

3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning a Fabric

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Managing zones involves the following:

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When a zone is created, its zone type is soft. To change the zone type to a hard 
zone, refer to 

 for more information. Refer to 

 for information on zone types (soft and hard). To create a 

zone in a zone set, do the following:

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

2.

Select a zone set.

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Open the Edit menu and select Create a Zone. 

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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 -.

Changes that you make to the zoning database are limited to the 
managed switch and do not propagate to the rest of the fabric. To 
distribute changes to configured zone sets fabric wide, you must edit 
the zoning databases on the individual switches.

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.