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Chapter 22 Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing
IVR Zones and IVR Zone Sets
Figure 22-3
Creating Zones Upon IVR Zone Activation
The zones are created automatically by the IVR process when an IVR zone set is activated. They are not
stored in a full zone set database and are lost when the switch reboots or when a new zone set is activated.
The IVR feature monitors these events and adds the zones corresponding to the active IVR zone set
configuration when a new zone set is activated.
Like zone sets, IVR zone sets are also activated
nondisruptively.
Note
If pwwn1 and pwwn2 are in an IVR zone in the current as well as the new IVR zone set, then activation
of the new IVR zone set does not cause any traffic disruption between them.
IVR zone and IVR zone set names are restricted to 64 alphanumeric characters.
Caution
Prior to Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(3) you can only configure a total of 2000 IVR zones and 32 IVR
zone sets on the switches in the network. As of Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(3) you can only configure a
total of 8000 IVR zones and 32 IVR zone sets on the switches in the network. See the
“Database Merge
Guidelines” section on page 22-36
.
Configuring IVR Zones and IVR Zone Sets
To create IVR zones and IVR zone sets, follow these steps:
Active IVZ
IVR zone name:
OLTP_Backup
Zone name:
IVRZ_OLTP_Backup
VSAN1, pwwn1
VSAN2, pwwn2
VSAN2, pwwn3
VSAN3, pwwn4
Active zone in VSAN 1:
pwwn1
pwwn2
pwwn3
pwwn4
Active zone in VSAN 3:
pwwn1
pwwn2
pwwn3
pwwn4
Active zone in VSAN 2:
pwwn1
pwwn2
pwwn3
pwwn4
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Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
config t
switch(config)#
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)#
ivr zone name sample_vsan2-3
switch(config-ivr-zone)#
Creates an IVR zone named
sample_vsan2-3.