52 Managing fabrics
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, page 52
• Configuring the zoning database, page 54
• Saving the zoning database to a file, page 55
• Restoring the zoning database from a file, page 55
• Restoring the default zoning database, page 55
• Removing all zoning definitions, page 56
Editing the zoning database
Select Zoning > Edit Zoning from the faceplate display to open the Edit Zoning dialog shown in Figure 25.
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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