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Chapter 3 Managing Fabric Zoning 57
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. (However, the contents of the aliases are distributed.) This
zone set is known as the active zone set. Only one zone set can be active at one time.
Refer to “Active Zoneset Data Window” on page 59 for information about displaying
the active zone set.
Zoning Database
Each switch has its own zoning database. The zoning database is made up of all
aliases, zones, and zone sets that have been created on the switch or received from
other switches. The switch maintains two copies of the inactive zoning database: one
copy is maintained in temporary memory for editing purposes; the second copy is
maintained in permanent memory. Zoning database edits are made on an individual
switch basis and are not propagated to other switches in the fabric when saved.
The Auto Save parameter determines whether changes to the active zone set that a
switch receives from another switch in the fabric will be saved to permanent
memory on that switch. Refer to “Configuring the Zoning Database” on page 65 for
information about zoning configuration.
Viewing Zoning Limits and Properties
The switch zoning limits are:
■ MaxZoneSets is 256. The maximum number of zone sets that can be
configured on the switch.
■ MaxZones is 2000. The maximum number of zones that can be configured on
the switch, including orphan zones.
■ MaxAliases is 2500. The maximum number of aliases that can be configured
on the switch.
■ MaxTotalMembers is 10,000. 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 is 2000. The maximum number of zone linkages to
zonesets that can be configured on the switch. Every time a zone is added to a
zoneset this constitutes a linkage.
■ MaxMembersPerZone is 2000. The maximum number of zone members that
can be added to any zone on the switch. Aliases are considered zone members
when added to a zone.
■ MaxMembersPerAlias is 2000. The maximum number of zone members that
can be added to any alias on the switch.