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Removing a zone from all zone sets
Complete the following steps to delete a zone from all zone sets:
1. In the Edit Zoning window, select the zone to be removed
2. Click
Edit / Remove Zone from All Sets.
3. Click
OK to save the changes and close the Edit Zoning window.
Changing zone types
Zones that are no longer members of any zone set are moved to the orphan zone set. The orphan zone set is
saved on the switch module.
Complete the following steps to change a zone type:
1. In the Faceplate window, select the switch module with the zone type you want to change.
2. Click
Zoning / Edit Zoning or click the Zoning icon to open the Edit Zoning window.
3. In the Zone Sets tree, select the zone to change.
4. Click
Edit / Set Zone Type.
The Set Zone Type window opens.
5. Click
Zone Type / Soft, ACL (hard zoning), or VPF (hard zoning).
• Soft zoning is the least restrictive type of zoning.
• ACL zoning is hard zoning and is enforced by hardware and defines access to a given port. ACL
zones need not include interswitch links.
• VPF zoning is hard zoning that defines ports that can communicate with each other. VPF zones must
include interswitch links.
For more information about zone types, see “Zones” on page 83.
Managing aliases
An alias is a named set of ports or devices that are grouped together for convenience. An alias is not a zone and
cannot have a zone or another alias as a member. This section describes how to create, remove, and add a
member to an alias.
✏ NOTE
Changes that you make to the zoning database are limited to the managed switch module 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 switch modules.
Creating an alias
Complete the following steps to create an alias:
1. In the Faceplate window, click
Zoning / Edit Zoning.
The Edit Zoning window opens.
2. Click
Edit / Create Alias.
The Create Alias window opens.
3. Type a name for the alias and click
OK. The alias name is displayed in the Zone Sets window.
4. Click
OK to save the alias name to the zoning database.
Adding a member to an alias
To add a member to an alias, use one of the following methods:
• Drag-and-drop method
• Menu options
Complete the following steps to add a member to an alias using the drag-and-drop method: