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Chapter 23 Configuring and Managing Zones
Zone Sets
Tip
You do not have to issue the
copy running-config startup-config
command to store the active zone set.
However, you need to issue the
copy running-config startup-config
command to explicitly store full
zone sets. It is not available across switch resets.
Caution
If you deactivate the active zone set in a VSAN that is also configured for IVR, the active IVR zone set
(IVZS) is also deactivated and all IVR traffic to and from the switch is stopped. This deactivation can
disrupt traffic in more than one VSAN. Before deactivating the active zone set, check the active zone
analysis for the VSAN (see the
“Zone and Zone Set Analysis” section on page 23-40
). To reactivate the
IVZS, you must reactivate the regular zone set (see the
“Configuring IVR Zones and IVR Zone Sets”
section on page 22-29
).
Caution
If the currently active zone set contains IVR zones, activating the zone set from a switch where IVR is
not enabled disrupts IVR traffic to and from that VSAN. We strongly recommend that you always
activate the zone set from an IVR-enabled switch to avoid disrupting IVR traffic.
Note
The pWWN of the virtual target does not appear in the zoning end devices database in Fabric Manager.
If you want to zone the virtual device with a pWWN, you must enter it in the Add Member to Zone dialog
box when creating a zone. However, if the device alias is in enhanced mode, the virtual device names
appear in the device alias database in the Fabric Manager zoning window. In this case, users can choose
to select either the device alias name or enter the pWWN in the Add Member to Zone dialog box.
Note
Set the device alias mode to
enhanced
when using SDV (because the pWWN of a virtual device could
change).
For example, SDV is enabled on a switch and a virtual device is defined. SDV assigns a pWWN for the
virtual device, and it is zoned based on the pWWN in a zone. If you later disable SDV, this configuration
is lost. If you reenable SDV and create the virtual device using the same name, there is no guarantee that
it will get the same pWWN again. Hence, you would have to rezone the pWWN-based zone. However,
if you perform zoning based on the device-alias name, there are no configuration changes required if or
Step 4
switch(config-zoneset)#
zone name
InlineZone1
switch(config-zoneset-zone)#
Adds a zone (InlineZone1) to the specified zone
set (Zoneset1).
Tip
Execute this step only if you need to
create a zone from a zone set prompt.
Step 5
switch(config-zoneset-zone)#
member fcid
0x111112
switch(config-zoneset-zone)#
Adds a new member (FC ID 0x111112) to the
new zone (InlineZone1).
Tip
Execute this step only if you need to add
a member to a zone from a zone set
prompt.
Command
Purpose