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Configuring Zones
• Zoned — A zone set is active in the fabric and/or the default zone is disabled. In
this case, devices can discover other devices that are members of the same zone.
• Zoning configuration — Combination of the active zone set definition and the
default zone state (enabled or disabled).
NOTE: If merging zones will result in segmented E_Ports and the fabrics will not join, you can
join the fabrics by deactivating the active zone set on one of the fabrics (default zone is
enabled). This eliminates any conflicts because the fabrics will then join using only the active
zone set. After the fabrics join, you can make adjustments to zoning configurations as you
desire.
Table 3–1: Merging Zones
Fabric A Fabric B Result
Not zoned Not zoned Fabrics join successfully. The new
fabric remains not zoned.
Not zoned Zoned Fabrics join successfully and the
active zone set will propagate across
the fabric. Fabric A inherits zoning
configuration from Fabric B.
Zoned Not zoned Fabrics join successfully and the
active zone set will propagate across
the fabric. Fabric B inherits zoning
configuration from Fabric A.
Zoned Zoned Fabrics can merge if the zone names
in each fabric are unique. The
resulting active zone set is a union of
the zones from each fabric. Once
you have merged the two zoned
fabrics, click the Save active zone
set as button in the Zoning view to
save the active zone set.
If there is a zone name conflict (the
same zone name in each fabric)
then the zones must have identical
members for the fabrics to join.
If the two zones have the same
name but contain different members,
then the E_Ports will segment and
the fabrics will not join.