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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring and Managing Zones
Information About Zoning
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Fabric with Three Zones
Zone Implementation
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches automatically support the following basic zone features (no additional
configuration is required):
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Zones are contained in a VSAN.
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Hard zoning cannot be disabled.
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Name server queries are soft-zoned.
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Only active zone sets are distributed.
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Unzoned devices cannot access each other.
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A zone or zone set with the same name can exist in each VSAN.
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Each VSAN has a full database and an active database.
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Active zone sets cannot be changed, without activating a full zone database.
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Active zone sets are preserved across switch reboots.
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Changes to the full database must be explicitly saved.
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Zone reactivation (a zone set is active and you activate another zone set) does not disrupt existing
traffic.
If required, you can additionally configure the following zone features:
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Propagate full zone sets to all switches on a per VSAN basis.
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Change the default policy for unzoned members.
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Interoperate with other vendors by configuring a VSAN in the interop mode. You can also configure
one VSAN in the interop
mode and another VSAN in the basic mode in the same switch without
disrupting each other.
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Bring E ports out of isolation.
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