Qlogic SANbox 3810, User Manual

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Managing Fabrics
Zoning
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Zoning
Zoning a fabric allows you to divide the ports and devices of the fabric into zones
for more efficient and secure communication among functionally grouped nodes.
This section addresses the following topics:
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Active Zone Set Data Window
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Configured Zonesets Data Window
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Zoning Concepts
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Managing the Zoning Database
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Managing Zone Sets
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Managing Zones
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Managing Aliases
Active Zone Set Data Window
The Active Zoneset data window ( Figure 2-5 ) displays the zone membership for
the active zone set that resides on the fabric management switch. The active zone
set is the same on all switches in the fabric. To open the Active Zoneset data
window, click the
Active Zoneset tab below the data window.
The Active Zoneset data window uses display conventions for expanding and
collapsing entries that are similar to the fabric tree. An entry handle located to the
left of an entry in the tree indicates that the entry can be expanded. Click this
handle or double-click the following entries:
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A zone set entry expands to show its member zones.
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A zone entry expands to show its member ports/devices.
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Ports/devices that are zoned by WWN or FC address, but no longer part of
the fabric, are grayed-out.