Managing the zoning database, Editing the zoning database, Figure 25 edit zoning dialog – HP McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem p-Class User Manual

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Managing fabrics

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MaxTotalMembers is 10,000. The maximum number of total zone and alias members that can be

configured on the switch. This will be enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning

database merge from the fabric. Aliases are considered zone members since they can be added to a

zone just like a normal zone member.

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MaxZonesInZoneSets is 2000. The maximum number of zone linkages to zonesets that can be

configured on the switch. This will be enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning

database merge from the fabric. Every time a zone is added to a zoneset this constitutes a linkage.

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MaxMembersPerZone is 2000. The maximum number of zone members that can be added to any

zone on the switch. This will be enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning

database merge from the fabric. Aliases are considered zone members when added to a zone.

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MaxMembersPerAlias is 2000. The maximum number of zone members that can be added to any

alias on the switch. This will be enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning

database merge from the fabric.

Managing the zoning database

Managing the zoning database consists of the following:

Editing the zoning database

Select Zoning > Edit Zoning from the faceplate display to open the Edit Zoning dialog shown in

Changes can only be made to inactive zone sets, which are stored in flash (non-volatile) memory and

retained after resetting a switch.

Figure 25

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.

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