Creating Zones and Zonesets

Zones are configured within VSANs, but you can configure zones without configuring any VSANs by configuring them within the default VSAN. The Logical tab displays the VSANs configured in the currently discovered fabric. Note that zone information must always be identical for all the switches in the network fabric.

To create zones, zone sets, perform the following steps.

  1. From the Fabric Manager, choose Zone > Edit Full Database on Switch from the Fabric Manager Zone menu, or right-click a VSAN folder in the Logical tab and choose Edit Local Zone Database from the pop-up menu.

    If you chose Zone > Edit Full Database on Switch, then the Select VSAN dialog is displayed. Select the VSAN and click OK.

    The Edit VSANxxx Local Full Zones window is displayed for the VSAN you selected.

  2. Right click the Zoneset or Zone for that VSAN and selected Insert to add a Zoneset or Zone.

    If you are adding a Zone, you can specify that the zone be a read-only zone by checking the Set Zone as Read Only checkbox. (For more information on read-only zones, see Read-Only Zones.)

    If you are adding a ZoneSet, you can activate it by clicking the Activate button. This configuration is distributed to the other switches in the network fabric.

    Note When you confirm the activate operation, the current running configuration is saved to the startup configuration. This permanently saves any changes made to the running configuration (not just zoning changes).