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32 Sun Storage Fibre Channel Switch 5802 QuickTools User Guide • September 2008
Editing the Zoning Database
Use the Edit Zoning dialog (FIGURE 2-6) to edit the zoning database for a particular
switch. To open the Edit Zoning dialog, open the Zoning menu and select Edit
Zoning. Changes can only be made to inactive zone sets, which are stored in flash
(non-volatile) memory and retained after resetting a switch.
FIGURE 2-6 Edit Zoning Dialog
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.
You cannot edit an active zone set on a switch. You must configure an inactive zone
set to your needs and then activate that updated zone set to apply the changes to the
fabric. When you activate a zone set, the switch distributes that zone set to the
temporary zoning database on every switch in the fabric. However, in addition to
the merged active zone set, each switch maintains its own original zone set in its
zoning database. Only one zone set can be active at one time.
Figure Legend
1 Zone Tree Sets
2 Port Device Sets
1 2