Managing FabricsZoning2-26 59269-00 ASRemoving All Zoning DefinitionsTo clear all zone and zone set definitions from the zoning database, choose one ofthe following: Open the Edit menu and select Clear Zoning. In the Removes All dialog,click the Yes button to confirm that you want to delete all zones and zonesets. Right-click the Zone Sets heading at the top of the Zone Sets tree, andselect Clear Zoning from the popup menu. Click the Yes button to confirmthat you want to delete all zone sets and zones.Managing Zone SetsZoning a fabric involves creating a zone set, creating zones as zone set members,then adding devices as zone members. The zoning database supports multiplezone sets to serve the different security and access needs of your storage areanetwork, but only one zone set can be active at one time. Managing zone setsconsists of the following tasks: Creating a Zone Set Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set Copying a Zone to a Zone Set Removing a Zone SetCreating a Zone SetTo create a zone set, do the following:1. Open the Zoning menu, and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoningdialog.2. Open the Edit menu, and select Create Zone Set to open the Create ZoneSet dialog.3. Enter a name for the zone set, and click the OK button. The new zone setname is displayed in the Zone Sets dialog. A zone set name must begin witha letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0-9, A-Z,a-z, _, -, ^, and $.4. To create new zones in a zone set, choose one of the following:NOTE:Changes that you make to the zoning database are limited to the managedswitch and do not propagate to the rest of the fabric. To distribute changes toconfigured zone sets fabric wide, you must edit the zoning databases on theindividual switches.
