Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-10000196-01-HP, November 2006)

15-8 Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide
Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP
Managing Zoning Offline
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Figure 15-4 Compare/Merge Zone Database Module
2. Click 1. Choose Reference Zone Database.
The Zone Administration dialog box opens.
3. Select the zone database to use as the reference zone database and click OK. You cannot update
this zone database during the comparison.
4. Click 2. Choose Editable Zone Database.
The Zone Administration dialog box opens.
5. Select the zone database that you want to compare to the reference zone database and click OK.
You can make minor changes to this zone database during the comparison.
6. Click 3. Compare.
The Reference zone database and Editable zone database sections are populated with the two zone
databases you selected.
Blue triangles in the tree structure indicate nodes that are different between the two zone databases.
Expand the nodes to see their contents and the differences. For example, Figure 15-4 shows that the
differences between BlueDB and GreenDB are that in GreenDB, switch port (161, 25) is deleted
from CRM_Zone1, alias CRM_Server1 is added, and configuration CRM_Cfg2 is added.