Copying a zone to a zone set, Adding zone members, Copying a zone to a zone – HP H-series Enterprise Fabric Management Suite Software User Manual
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Managing Fabric Zoning
8.
To add switch ports or attached devices to the zone, choose one of the following options:
• In the zone set tree, select the zone set. In the graphic window, select the port to add to the zone.
Select Edit > Add Members.
• Select a port by switch port number, Fibre Channel address, or WWN in the Port/Device tree, and
drag it into the zone.
• Select a port by switch port number, Fibre Channel address, or WWN in the Port/Device tree.
Right-click the zone, and select Add Zone Members from the popup menu.
9.
Click Apply to display the Save Zoning and Error Check dialog box, which presents the following
options:
• Perform Error Check checks for zoning conflicts, such as empty zones, aliases, or zone sets. This
option is recommended before saving. If errors are found, click Close and correct the errors.
• Save Zoning save the changes to the zoning database with an option to activate a zone set. The
Zone set activation dialog box prompts you to activate a zone set. Click Yes to select and activate a
zone set; click No to save the changes without activating a zone set.
• Close cancels the Apply operation without saving the changes.
10.
Click Close to close the Save Zoning and Error Check dialog box.
11.
Click Close to close the Edit Zoning dialog box.
Copying a zone to a zone set
To copy an existing zone and its membership from one zone set to another:
1.
Select a switch or stack in the fabric tree.
2.
Select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning window.
3.
If you selected a stack and the zoning database is not identical on all switches in the stack, choose a
switch from the Select Source Switch list. Changes that you make to this switch are distributed to the
other switches in the stack.
4.
In the zone set tree, select the zone to copy, and drag it to the chosen zone set.
5.
Click Apply to display the Save Zoning and Error Check dialog box, which presents the following
options:
• Perform Error Check checks for zoning conflicts, such as empty zones, aliases, or zone sets. This
option is recommended before saving. If errors are found, click Close and correct the errors.
• Save Zoning save the changes to the zoning database with an option to activate a zone set. The
Zone set activation dialog box prompts you to activate a zone set. Click Yes to select and activate a
zone set; click No to save the changes without activating a zone set.
• Close cancels the Apply operation without saving the changes.
6.
Click Close to close the Save Zoning and Error Check dialog box.
7.
Click Close to close the Edit Zoning dialog box.
Adding zone members
You can zone a port/device by switch domain ID and port number, device port Fibre Channel address, or
the device port WWN. Adding a port/device to a zone affects every zone set in which that zone is a
member. To add ports/devices to a zone:
1.
Select a switch or stack in the fabric tree.
2.
Select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning window.
3.
If you selected a stack and the zoning database is not identical on all switches in the stack, choose a
switch from the Select Source Switch list. Changes that you make to this switch are distributed to the
other switches in the stack.