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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 Duplication
Figure 1-5
Importing and Exporting the Database
Importing and Exporting Zone Sets
To import or export the zone set information from or to an adjacent switch, perform this task:
Note
Perform the import and export operations from a single switch. Importing from one switch and exporting
from another switch can lead to isolation again.
Zone Set Duplication
You can make a copy and then edit it without altering the existing active zone set. You can copy an active
zone set from the bootflash: directory, volatile: directory, or slot0 to one of the following areas:
•
To the full zone set
•
To a remote location (using FTP, SCP, SFTP, or TFTP)
The active zone set is not part of the full zone set. You cannot make changes to an existing zone set and
activate it if the full zone set is lost or is not propagated.
Switch 1
Switch 2
79949
Isolated port due to
active zone set mismatch
From Switch 1, Import
database forces Switch 1
to use the database
configured in Switch 2
From Switch 1, Export
database forces Switch 2
to use the database
configured in Switch 1
Command
Purpose
Step 1
switch#
zoneset import interface fc
slot
/
port
vsan
vsan-id
Imports the zone set from the adjacent switch connected
through the specified interface for the VSAN .
switch#
zoneset import interface fc
slot
/
port
vsan
vsan-id
Imports the zone set from the adjacent switch connected
through the specified interface for the VSAN range.
Step 2
switch#
zoneset export vsan
vsan-id
Exports the zone set to the adjacent switch connected
through the specified VSAN.
switch#
zoneset export vsan
vsan-id
Exports the zone set to the adjacent switch connected
through the specified range of VSANs.