HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base, Administrator'S Manual

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256 Administering advanced zoning
The
cfgSave
command ends and commits the current zoning transaction buffer to both volatile and
nonvolatile memory. If a transaction is open on a different switch in the fabric when this command is
run, the transaction on the other switch is automatically aborted. A message is displayed on the other
switches to indicate that the transaction was aborted.
Removing zones (members) from a zone configuration
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the
cfgRemove
command, using the following syntax:
cfgremove " cfgname ", " member [; member...]"
where:
3. Enter the
cfgSave
command to save the change to the defined configuration:
switch:admin> cfgremove "NEW_cfg", "purplezone"
switch:admin> cfgsave
You are about to save the Defined zoning configuration. This
action will only save the changes on the Defined configuration.
Any changes made on the Effective configuration will not
take effect until it is re-enabled.
Do you want to save Defined zoning configuration only? (yes, y, no, n):
[no]
y
The
cfgSave
command ends and commits the current zoning transaction buffer to both volatile and
nonvolatile memory. If a transaction is open on a different switch in the fabric when this command is
run, the transaction on the other switch is automatically aborted. A message is displayed on the other
switches to indicate that the transaction was aborted.
Enabling a zone configuration
The following procedure ends and commits the current zoning transaction buffer to both volatile and
nonvolatile memory. If a transaction is open on a different switch in the fabric when this procedure is run,
the transaction on the other switch is automatically aborted. A message is displayed on the other switches
to indicate that the transaction was aborted.
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the
cfgenable
command, using the following syntax:
cfgenable " cfgname"
where cfgname is the name of the zone configuration to be enabled.
3. Enter
y
at the prompt.
switch:admin> cfgenable "USA_cfg"
You are about to enable a new zoning configuration.
This action will replace the old zoning configuration with the
current configuration selected. If the update includes changes
to one or more traffic isolation zones, the update may result in
localized disruption to traffic on ports associated with
the traffic isolation zone changes.
Do you want to enable 'USA_cfg' configuration (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
zone config "USA_cfg" is in effect
Updating flash ...
Disabling a zone configuration
When you disable the current zone configuration, the fabric returns to non-zoning mode. All devices can
then access each other or not, depending on the default zone access mode setting.
cfgname
The name of the zone configuration
member
The zone name or list of zone names to be removed from the configuration