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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring and Managing Zones
Zone Set Distribution
Note
Hard zoning enforces zoning restrictions on every frame, and prevents unauthorized access.
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches support both hard and soft zoning.
Zone Set Distribution
You can distribute full zone sets using one of two methods: one-time distribution using the
zoneset
distribute vsan
command at the EXEC mode level or full zone set distribution using the
zoneset
distribute full vsan
command at the configuration mode level.
lists the differences between
the methods.
This section describes zone set distribution and includes the following topics:
•
Enabling Full Zone Set Distribution, page 1-13
•
Enabling a One-Time Distribution, page 1-13
•
About Recovering from Link Isolation, page 1-14
•
Importing and Exporting Zone Sets, page 1-15
Enabling Full Zone Set Distribution
All switches in the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series distribute active zone sets when new E port links come up
or when a new zone set is activated in a VSAN. The zone set distribution takes effect while sending
merge requests to the adjacent switch or while activating a zone set.
To enable full zone set and active zone set distribution to all switches on a per VSAN basis, perform this
task:
Enabling a One-Time Distribution
You can perform a one-time distribution of inactive, unmodified zone sets throughout the fabric.
Table 1-1
Zone Set Distribution Differences
One-Time Distribution
zoneset distribute vsan Command
(EXEC Mode)
Full Zone Set Distribution
zoneset distribute full vsan Command
(Configuration Mode)
Distributes the full zone set immediately.
Does not distribute the full zone set immediately.
Does not distribute the full zone set information
along with the active zone set during activation,
deactivation, or merge process.
Remembers to distribute the full zone set
information along with the active zone set during
activation, deactivation, and merge processes.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
configuration terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)#
zoneset distribute full vsan
vsan-id
Enables sending a full zone set along with an
active zone set.