HP StorageWorks 1606 Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.3.0 (53-100134 - Page 186

9 Best practices for zoning Clearing the Zoning Database Use the following procedure to disable the active zoning configuration, if one exists, and delete the entire zoning database. You must disable any active configuration before you can delete the zoning database. ATTENTION This action not only disables zoning on the fabric, but also deletes the entire zoning database. This results in all devices being able to communicate with each other. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 137. 2. Click Actions > Clear All. The Disable Config warning opens. 3. Click Yes to do all of the following: • Disable the current configuration. • Clear the entire contents of the current Web Tools Zone Admin buffer. • Delete the entire persistent contents of the fabric zoning database. The wizard allows you to define one and only one name for each device port (WWN). Devices with one or more aliases are considered already named and are not displayed. Zone configuration analysis You must use DCFM Professional or Enterprise Edition to analyze the following zone configurations: • Add unzoned devices • Remove offline or inaccessible devices • Replace offline devices • Define device alias Best practices for zoning The following are recommendations for using zoning: • Always zone using the highest Fabric OS-level switch. Switches with lower Fabric OS versions do not have the capability to view all the functionality that a newer Fabric OS provides as functionality is backwards compatible but not forwards compatible. • Zone using the core switch versus an edge switch. • Zone using a director over a switch. A director has more resources to handle zoning changes and implementations. • Zone on the switch you connect to when bringing up Web Tools (the proxy switch). 154 Web Tools Administrator's Guide 53-1001343-01