HP StorageWorks 2.64 Director Switch - Manual (Page 144)

Fabric Zoning
144 High Availability Fabric Manager User Guide
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.
Table 4:
Merging Fabrics — Results for Zone Configurations
Fabric A Fabric B Result
Not zoned Not zoned Fabrics join successfully. The new fabric
remains not zoned.
Not zoned Zoned Fabrics join successfully and the active
zone set will propagate across the
fabric. Fabric A inherits zoning
configuration from Fabric B.
Zoned Not zoned Fabrics join successfully and the active
zone set will propagate across the
fabric. Fabric B inherits zoning
configuration from Fabric A.
Zoned Zoned 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.