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Viewing zoning limits and properties

Zoning limits vary depending on the firmware installed on the switch:

• MaxZoneSets—The maximum number of zone sets that can be configured on the switch.

• MaxZones—The maximum number of zones that can be configured on the switch, including orphan

zones.

• MaxAliases—The maximum number of aliases that can be configured on the switch.

• MaxTotalMembers—The maximum number of zone and alias members that can be stored in the

switch’s zoning database. Each instance of a zone member or alias member counts toward this

maximum.

• MaxZonesInZoneSets—The maximum number of zone linkages to zone sets that can be configured on

the switch. A linkage is configured every time a zone is added to a zone set.

• MaxMembersPerZone—The maximum number of zone members that can be added to any zone on the

switch. When added to a zone, an alias is considered to be a zone member.

• MaxMembersPerAlias—The maximum number of zone members that can be added to any alias on the

switch.

To view zoning properties and limits on a switch:

1. On the faceplate display, select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog box.

2. Choose one of the following options:

• View the zoning properties/limits located directly below the zoning tool bar (Figure 18).

• In the zone sets tree (left pane), right-click the Zone Sets entry at the top of the tree, and then select

Properties.

• In the Zone Sets tree (left windowpane), select the zone sets entry at the top of the tree, and then

select Edit > Properties from the menu bar.

3. When you have finished viewing the zoning properties information, click OK to close the Properties

dialog box.

Editing the zoning database

Use the Edit Zoning dialog box (Figure 18) to edit the zoning database of a particular switch. To open the

Edit Zoning dialog box, open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning. Changes can only be made to

inactive zone sets. These are stored in flash (non-volatile) memory and retained after any switch reset.

Figure 18 Edit Zoning dialog box

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 then

known as the active zone set.