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

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 9-7
Publication Number: 53-0000194-01
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The following procedure updates the information in the Zone Admin module with the information
saved in the zoning database on the switch.
To refresh the local Zone Admin buffer from the fabric zoning database
1. Launch the Zone Admin module as described on page 9-3.
2. Click View > Refresh Zoning or click the zone refresh icon (located in the lower-right corner
of the Zone Admin module).
This refreshes the information in the Zone Admin module with the information in the switch’s zoning
database. This action also refreshes the fabric information as described in “Refreshing Fabric
Information” on page 9-6. Any unsaved zoning changes are deleted.
Saving Local Zoning Changes
All information displayed and all changes made in the Zone Admin module are buffered until you save
the changes. That means that any other user looking at the zone information for the switch will not see
the changes you have made until you save them.
Saving the changes propagates any changes you have made in the Zone Admin module (buffered
changes) to the zoning database on the switch. If another user has a zoning operation in progress at the
time that you attempt to save changes, a warning is displayed that indicates that another zoning
transaction is in progress on the fabric. You can select to abort the other transaction and override it with
yours.
If the zoning database size exceeds the maximum allowed, you cannot save the changes. The zoning
database summary displays the maximum zoning database size (see “Displaying Zone Configuration
Summaries” on page 9-26).
This action updates the entire contents of the Zone Admin module, not just the selected zone, alias, or
configuration. You can save your changes at any time during the zone administration session.
To save zone changes to the switch zoning database
1. Make the zoning changes in the Zone Admin module.
2. Click Zoning Actions > Save Config Only.
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When you refresh the buffered information in the Zone Admin module, any zoning configuration
changes you have made and not yet saved are erased from the buffer and replaced with the currently
enabled zone configuration information that is saved on the switch.
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If you have made changes to a configuration, you must enable the configuration before the changes will
be effective. To enable the configuration, see “Enabling Zone Configurations” on page 9-23.