Creating a Zone in a Zone Set

When a zone is created, it is a soft zone (type). Once the soft zone is created, you can change the zone type (only) on SANbox 2 switches to ACL or VPF (both hard zones). To create a zone in a zone set, do the following:

 

1. In the faceplate display open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog.

2. Open the Edit menu, and select Create a Zone.

3. In the Create a Zone dialog, enter a name for the new zone, and click on the OK button. The new zone name is displayed in the Zone Sets window. A zone name must begin with a letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, _, and -.

Note: If you enter the name of a zone that already exists in the database, the SANbox Manager application will create a copy of that zone and its membership in the selected zone set.

4. To add ports or devices, do one of the following:

* Select a port-by-port number, Fibre Channel address, or worldwide name in the port/device tree, and drag it into the zone.

*Select a port-by-port number, Fibre Channel address, or worldwide name in the port/device tree. Select the zone in which to add members, open the Edit menu, and select Add Members.

5. Click the OK button to save changes to the zoning database.

 

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