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

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 9-11
Publication Number: 53-0000194-01
9
Deleting Zone Aliases
You can remove a zone alias from the Zone Admin buffer. When a zone alias is deleted, it is no longer a
member of the zones of which it was once a member.
To delete a zone alias
1. Launch the Zone Admin module as described on page 9-3.
2. Click the Alias tab.
3. Select the alias you want to delete from the Name drop-down menu.
4. Click Delete.
The Confirm Deleting Alias dialog box displays.
5. Click Yes .
The selected alias is deleted from the Zone Admin buffer. At this point you can either save your
changes or save and enable your changes.
6. Click Zoning Actions > Save Config Only to save the configuration changes.
To enable the configuration, see “Enabling Zone Configurations” on page 9-23.
Managing Zones
A zone is a region within the fabric in which specified switches and devices can communicate. A device
can communicate only with other devices connected to the fabric within its specified zone. You can
specify members of a zone using the following methods:
• Alias names
• Switch domain and port area number pair, for example, 2, 20
• WWN (device)
• QuickLoop AL_PAs (device)
Creating and Populating Zones
Use the following procedure to create a zone.
To create a zone
1. Launch the Zone Admin module as described on page 9-3.
2. Select a format to display zoning members in the Member Selection List as described in “Zoning
Views” on page 9-8.
3. Click the Zone tab.
4. Click New Zone.
The Create New Zone dialog box displays.