User guide

30 Sun Storage Fibre Channel Switch 5802 QuickTools User Guide • September 2008
Zone Sets
A zone set is a named group of zones. A zone can be a member of more than one
zone set. Each switch in the fabric maintains its own zoning database containing one
or more zone sets. This zoning database resides in non-volatile or permanent
memory and is therefore retained after a reset. Refer to Configured Zonesets Data
Window for information about displaying the zoning database.
Note – Zones that are currently not in a zone set are considered to be part of the
“orphan zone set”. The orphan zone set is not an actual zone set, but rather a way of
displaying the zones that are not currently in a zone set.
To apply zoning to a fabric, choose a zone set and activate it. When you activate a
zone set, the switch distributes that zone set and its zones, excluding aliases, to
every switch in the fabric. This zone set is known as the active zone set. Refer to
Active Zone Set Data Window for information about displaying the active zone set.
Zoning Database
Each switch has its own zoning database. The zoning database is made up of all
aliases, zones, and zone sets that have been created on the switch or received from
other switches. The switch maintains two copies of the inactive zoning database: one
copy is maintained in temporary memory for editing purposes; the second copy is
maintained in permanent memory. Zoning database edits are made on an individual
switch basis and are not propagated to other switches in the fabric when saved.
The Merge Auto Save parameter determines whether changes to the active zone set
that a switch receives from another switch in the fabric will be saved to permanent
memory on that switch. Refer to Configuring the Zoning Database for information
about zoning configuration.
Viewing Zoning Limits and Properties
The zoning limits for switches:
■ MaxZoneSets is 256. The maximum number of zone sets that can be configured
on the switch.
■ MaxZones is 2000. The maximum number of zones that can be configured on the
switch, including orphan zones.
■ MaxAliases is 2500. The maximum number of aliases that can be configured on
the switch.