Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide (53-0000194-01, November 2006)

9-6 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
Publication Number: 53-0000194-01
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• Direct device members are zoneable and are displayed in the tree.
• Indirect device members (devices that are currently attached to owned ports) are also zoneable and
displayed in the tree. But if such a device is later moved to a non-owned port it will no longer be
displayed or zoneable.
• Switches and blades are displayed only if they contain owned ports or devices, regardless of switch
ownership.
• Ports that are indirect members only because the switch is owned are not displayed.
The remainder of this section describes basic zoning procedures you can perform in the Zone Admin
module, which are also useful for all zoning operations.
Refreshing Fabric Information
This function refreshes the display of fabric elements only (switches, ports, devices, and AL_PAs). It
does not affect any zoning element changes or update zone information in the Zone Admin module. To
refresh the zone information displayed in the Zone Admin module, see “Refreshing Zone Admin
Module Information,” next. You can refresh the fabric element information displayed at any time.
To refresh fabric information
1. In the Zone Admin module, click View > Refresh Fabric.
This refreshes the status for the fabric, including switches, ports, and devices.
Refreshing Zone Admin Module Information
The information displayed in the Zone Admin module is initially a snapshot of the contents of the fabric
zoning database at the time the module is launched. Any changes you make to this window are saved to
a local buffer; but they are not applied to the fabric zoning database until you invoke one of the
transactional operations listed in the Actions menu.
Any local zoning changes are buffered by the Zone Admin module until explicitly saved to the fabric. If
the fabric zoning database is independently changed by another user or from another interface (for
example, the CLI) while Web Tools zoning changes are still pending, the refresh icon starts to blink
(after a 15–30 second polling delay). You can then choose to refresh the current Web Tools zoning view
to reflect the new, externally changed contents of the fabric zoning database, in which case any pending
local changes are lost, or you can ignore the blinking refresh icon and save your local changes,
overwriting the external changes that triggered the icon to blink.
You can refresh zoning to back out current, unsaved work and start over.
You can refresh the zoning information at any time, either using the refresh icon (whether it is flashing
or not) or from the View menu.
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Depending on the role associated with your user name or if the switch is owned by the
current Admin Domain you are logged in to, you may not be able to modify zones or
ports in other Admin Domains.