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76 Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 User Guide • September 2008
d. Enter the hexadecimal value for the port/device according to the option
selected: 16 digits for a WWN member, 4 digits for a Domain/ Port member
(DDPP), or a 6-digit Fibre Channel Address for a First Port Address member
(DDPPAA) where D=domain ID, P=port number, and A=ALPA.
3. Click the OK button to add the member to the alias.
Removing an Alias from All Zones
To remove an alias from all zones, do the following:
1. In the Zone Sets tree in the Edit Zoning dialog, select the alias to be removed.
2. Open the Edit menu, and select Delete Alias.
3. Click the Yes button in the Remove dialog.
4. Click the Apply button to open the Save Zoning & Error Check dialog.
5. Click the Save Zoning button to implement the changes.
Merging Fabrics and Zoning
If you join two fabrics with an inter-switch link, the active zone sets from the two
fabrics attempt to merge automatically. The fabrics may consist of a single switch or
many switches already connected together. The switches in the two fabrics attempt
to create a new active zone set containing the union of each fabric's active zone set.
The propagation of zoning information only affects the active zone set, not the
configured zone sets, unless Merge Auto Save is turned on.
Zone Merge Failure
If a zone merge is unsuccessful, the inter-switch links (ports) between the fabrics will
isolate due to a zone merge failure, which will generate an alarm. The reason for the
E_Port isolation can also be determined by viewing the port information. Refer to
“Port Information Data Window” on page 173.
A zone merge will fail if the two active zone sets have member zones with identical
names that differ in membership or type. For example, consider Fabric A and Fabric
B each with a zone named “ZN1” in its active zone set. Fabric A "ZN1" contains a
member specified by Domain ID 1 and Port 1; Fabric B “ZN1” contains a member
specified by Domain ID 1 and Port 2. In this case, the merge will fail because the two
zones have the same name, but different membership.