HP Surestore 64 HP Enterprise Connectivity Fabric Manager User's Guide - Page 83

• Zoning configuration Combination of the active zone set definition and the default zone state (enabled or disabled). Table 2 Merging Fabrics - Results for Zone Configurations Fabric A Fabric B Result Not zoned Not zoned Zoned Zoned Not zoned Zoned Not zoned Zoned Fabrics join successfully. The new fabric remains not zoned. Fabrics join successfully and the active zone set will propagate across the fabric. Fabric A inherits zoning configuration from Fabric B. Fabrics join successfully and the active zone set will propagate across the fabric. Fabric B inherits zoning configuration from Fabric A. Fabrics can merge if the zone names in each fabric are unique. The resulting active zone set is a union of the zones from each fabric. Once you have merged the two zoned fabrics, click the Save active zone set as button in the Zoning View to save the active zone set to the zone set library. If there is a zone name conflict (the same zone name in each fabric) then the zones must have identical members for the fabrics to join. If the two zones have the same name but contain different members, then the E_Ports will segment and the fabrics will not join. Note If merging zones will result in segmented E_Ports and the fabrics will not join, you can join the fabrics by deactivating the active zone set on one of the fabrics (default zone is enabled). This eliminates any conflicts because the fabrics will then join using only the active zone set. After the fabrics join, you can make adjustments to zoning configurations as you desire. Fabric Zoning Merging Zoned Fabrics 65