> # Zone

> The zone menu provides the following options:

> - Edit Local Full Zone Database—Allows you to create zones across multiple switches. Zones provide a mechanism for specifying access control. Zone sets are a group of zones to enforce access control in the fabric. All zoning features are available through the Edit Local Full Zone Database dialog box.
> - Deactivate Zoneset—Deactivates an active zone set.
> - Copy Full Zone Database—Creates a new zone set. On the Cisco MDS Family switches, you cannot edit an active zone set. However, you can copy an active zone set to create a new zone set that you can edit.
> - Merge Analysis—Enables you to determine if zones will merge successfully when two Cisco MDS switches are interconnected. If the interconnected switch ports allow VSANs with identical names or contain zones with identical names, then Cisco DCNM-SAN verifies that the zones contain identical members. You can use merge analysis tool before attempting a merge, or after fabrics are interconnected to determine zone merge failure causes.
> - Merge Fail Recovery—Recovers the port from its isolated state either by importing the neighboring switch's active zone set database and replacing the current active or by exporting the current database to the neighboring switch.
> - Migrate Non-MDS Database—Migrate a non-MDS database using Cisco DCNM-SAN (you may need to use the Zone Migration Wizard to accomplish this task).
> - IVR
> - Deactivate Zoneset—Deactivates an active zone set.
> - Copy Full Zone Database—Recovers an IVR zone database by copying the IVR full zone database from another switch.
> - Copy Full Topology—Recovers a topology by copying from the active zone database or the full zone database.

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