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6-8 StorageWorks Fibre Channel Storage Switch User's Guide
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Writer: Bill Reitz Project: StorageWorks Fibre Channel Storage Switch User's Guide Comments:
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Names. For example, the name “host” could be used as an alias for
10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a.
Zone Configurations
A zone configuration is a set of zones. At any one time, zoning may be
disabled or one zone configuration may be in effect. When a zone
configuration is in effect, all zones that are members of that configuration are
in effect. You select which zone configuration is currently in effect.
The set of zone configurations defined in a Fabric, may not be the same as the
configuration that is currently in effect, and may also not be the same as the
configurations saved in the Switches flash memory.
Defined Configuration
The Defined Configuration is the complete set of all zone objects that have
been defined in the Fabric. There may be multiple zone configurations defined
(although only one can be in effect at a time). There may be inconsistencies in
the definitions, there may be zones or aliases that are referenced but are not
defined, there may be duplicate members. The Defined Configuration is the
current state of the administrator’s input.
Effective Configuration
The Effective Configuration is a single zone configuration that is currently in
effect. The devices that an initiator sees are based on this configuration.
The Effective Configuration is built when you enable a specified zone
configuration. This configuration is compiled by checking for undefined zone
names, or zone alias names, or other inconsistencies by expanding zone
aliases, removing duplicate entries, and then building the Effective
Configuration.
Saved Configuration
The Saved Configuration is a copy of the defined configuration plus the name
of the effective configuration which is saved in flash memory by the cfgSave
command. There may be differences between the saved configuration and the
defined configuration if you have modified any zone definition and have not
saved them.
The Saved Configuration is automatically reloaded by the Switch on power up,
and if a configuration was in effect when it was saved, the same configuration
is reinstated with an automatic cfgEnable command.