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13-24 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
Publication Number: 53-0000518-09
Managing Zoning Configurations in a Fabric
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3. Enter the zoneObjectRename command to rename zone configuration objects. Note that zone
configuration names are case sensitive; blank spaces are ignored
4. Enter the cfgShow command to verify the renamed zone object is present.
5. If you want the change preserved when the switch reboots, save it to nonvolatile (also known as
“flash”) memory by entering the cfgSave command.
6. For the change to become effective, enable the appropriate zone configuration using the cfgEnable
command.
For more details about the zoneObjectCopy, cfgShow, cfgEnable, and cfgSave commands, refer to the
Fabric OS Command Reference Manual.
Managing Zoning Configurations in a Fabric
To modify an existing zone configuration, you can add, delete, or remove individual elements to create
the desired configuration. After the changes have been made, save the configuration to ensure the
configuration is permanently saved in the switch and that the configuration is replicated throughout
the fabric.
The switch configuration file can also be uploaded to the host for archiving and it can be downloaded
from the host to a switch in the fabric. Refer to “Backing Up a Configuration” on page 4-1, “Restoring a
Configuration” on page 4-2, or the configUpload and configDownload commands in the Fabric OS
Command Reference Manual.
Table 13-8 presents zoning database size limitations for various Fabric OS release versions. The
maximum size of a zone database is the upper limit for the defined configuration, and it is determined
by the amount of flash memory available for storing the defined configuration.
switch:admin> zoneObjectRename "White_zone", “Red_zone”
Table 13-8 Zoning Database Limitations
Fabric OS Version Maximum Database Size (KB))
2.4.0 64
2.5.0 64
2.6.0 96
3.0.0 128
3.1.0 96
3.2.0 256
4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0 128
4.4.0 256
5.0.1 256