Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (53-1002152-01, March 2012)

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Zoning management
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4. Enter a new alias name and click OK.
The alias is renamed in the Zone Admin buffer. At this point, you can either save your changes
or save and enable your changes.
5. Select Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes.
Deleting zone aliases
You can remove a zone alias from the Zone Admin buffer. When a zone alias is deleted, it is no
longer a member of the zones of which it was once a member.
NOTE
If you delete the only member zone alias, an error message is issued when you attempt to save the
configuration.
To delete the zone aliases, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Zone Admin window as described in “Opening the Zone Admin window” on page 118.
2. Select the Alias tab.
3. Select the alias you want to delete from the Name list. and click Delete.
The Confirm Deleting Alias dialog box displays.
4. Click Yes.
The selected alias is deleted from the Zone Admin buffer. At this point, you can either save your
changes or save and enable your changes.
5. Select Zoning Action > Save Config to save the configuration changes.
To enable the configuration, refer to “Enabling zone configurations” on page 131.
Creating and populating zones
A zone is a region within the fabric where specified switches and devices can communicate. A
device can communicate only with other devices connected to the fabric within its specified zone.
To create a zone, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Zone Admin window as described in “Opening the Zone Admin window” on page 118.
2. Select a format to display zoning members in the Member Selection List as described in
“Selecting a zoning view” on page 123.
3. Select the Zone tab.
4. Click New Zone.
The Create New Zone dialog box displays.
5. In the Create New Zone dialog box, enter a name for the new zone, and click OK.
LSAN zones and QoS zones have specific naming requirements:
- For LSAN zones, refer to “LSAN zone requirements” on page 118.
- For QoS zones, refer to “QoS zone requirements” on page 118.
The new zone displays in the Name list.