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Managing zone sets
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Resolving active, configured, and merged zone sets The Resolving Zoning options enable you to manage the active, configured, and merged zone sets in the zoning database. To access the Resolving Zoning dialog box options, open the faceplate display, and then select Zoning > Resolve Zoning. • Capture Active Zoning-Capture Active Zoning option copies the active zone set to the configured zone set. • Restore Configured Zoning-Restore Configured Zoning option reverts back to the previously saved configured zone set. • Capture Merged Zoning-Capture Merged Zoning option saves the merged zone set into the configured zone set. • View Merged/Configured Differences-View Merged/Configured Differences option opens a dialog box to display the Merged and Configured zone sets in split panes. Items in the Merged pane, but not in the Configured pane, are shown in red and are not persistent after a switch reset. Items in the Configured pane but not in the Merged pane are shown in green and are persistent after a switch reset. The bottom pane shows a summary description of the differences between the merged and configured zone sets. Managing zone sets Zoning a fabric involves creating a zone set, creating zones as zone set members, then adding devices as zone members. The zoning database supports multiple zone sets to serve the different security and access needs of your storage area network, but only one zone set can be active at one time. The following describes the zone set management tasks. Creating a zone set To create a zone set: 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. Select Edit > Create Zoneset to open the Create Zoneset dialog box. 5. Enter a name for the zone set, and then click OK. A zone set name must begin with a letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, _, -, ^, and $. 6. Choose one of the following options to create new zones in a zone set: • Right-click a zone set, and select Create A Zone from the popup menu. In the Create a Zone dialog box, enter a name for the new zone, and then click OK. The new zone name appears in the Zonesets dialog box. • Copy an existing zone by dragging a zone into the new zone set. See "Copying a zone to a zone set" (page 60). 7. Click Apply to open 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 saves 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. 8. Click Close to close the Save Zoning and Error Check dialog box. 9. Click Close to close the Edit Zoning dialog box. HP StorageWorks 8/20q and SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Enterprise Fabric Management Suite User Guide 57