HP StorageWorks 8/24 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.x administrator guide (5697 - Page 358
Creating and modifying Zoning configurations, To create a Zoning configuration
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Table 87 Resulting database size: 256K to 1M Receiver Fabric OS 2.6 Initiator Fabric OS 3.1 Fabric OS 3.2 Fabric OS 4.3/4.4.0 Segment Segment Segment Fabric OS 5.0.0/5.0.1 Segment Segment Segment Fibre Channel Segment Segment Segment Router XPath 7.3 Segment Segment Segment Fabric OS Fabric 4.0/4.1/4.2 OS 4.3/4.4.x Segment Segment Asymmetric Segment al Segment Segment Segment Segment Segment Fabric OS 5.0.0/ 5.0.1 Segment Fibre XPath Channel 7.3 Router Segment Segment Join Join Segment Join Join Segment Segment Segment Segment Creating and modifying Zoning configurations You can store a number of zones in a Zoning configuration database. The maximum number of items that can be stored in the Zoning configuration database depends on the following criteria: • Number of switches in the fabric. • Whether or not interoperability mode is enabled. • Number of bytes per item. The number of bytes required for an item depends on the specifics of the fabric, but cannot exceed 64 bytes per item. When enabling a new zone configuration, you must ensure that the size of the configuration does not exceed the minimum size supported by all switches in the fabric. This is particularly important if and when you downgrade to a Fabric OS that supports a smaller zone database than the current Fabric OS. In this scenario, the zone database in the current Fabric OS would have to be changed to the smaller zone database before the downgrade. You can use the cfgSize command to check both the maximum available size and the currently saved size on all switches. Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for details on the cfgSize command. If you believe you are approaching the maximum, you can save a partially completed Zoning configuration and use the cfgSize command to determine the remaining space. For important considerations for managing Zoning in a fabric, and more details about the maximum zone database size for each version of the Fabric OS, refer to "Maintaining zone objects" on page 361. To create a Zoning configuration 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Enter the cfgCreate command. 3. Enter the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration. switch:admin> cfgcreate "NEW_cfg", "redzone; bluezone; greenzone" switch:admin> cfgsave You are about to save the Defined Zoning configuration. This action will only save the changes on the Defined configuration. Any changes made on the Effective configuration will not take effect until it is re-enabled. Do you want to save Defined Zoning configuration only? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y To add zones (members) to a Zoning configuration 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Enter the cfgAdd command. 358 Administering Advanced Zoning