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Qlogic 5800V Series User Manual

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4–Managing Fabric Zoning
Using the Zoning Wizard
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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 are saved to
permanent memory on that switch. See “Configuring the Zoning Database” on
page 4-9 for information about zoning configuration.
Using the Zoning Wizard
The Zoning Wizard is a series of dialog boxes that leads you through the process
of zoning a fabric. To start the Zoning Wizard, on the Wizards menu in the
faceplate display, and click Zoning Wizard.
The Zoning Wizard helps you zone the two most typical reasons for zoning:
Zoning Windows servers storage
Assign storage to servers.
There must be at least one target and at least one initiator in the name server.
Windows servers do not share devices well, but sometimes they must share
devices, such as a tape drive. The wizard helps you define which devices are
sharable and which ones are not. Once a device is in a Windows group, it can no
longer be in any other group.
Managing the Zoning Database
The following sections describe the zoning database management tasks.
Viewing Zoning Limits and Properties
Zoning limits vary depending on the firmware installed on the switch:
NOTE:
Changes that you make to the zoning database are limited to the managed
switch and do not propagate to the rest of the fabric. To distribute changes to
configured zone sets fabric wide, you must edit the zoning databases on the
individual switches.

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Qlogic 5800V Series Specifications

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BrandQlogic
Model5800V Series
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