Zone Sets; Activating A Zone Set - Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring and Managing Zones

Zone Sets

In the following figure, two separate sets are created, each with its own membership hierarchy and zone
members.
Figure 24: Hierarchy of Zone Sets, Zones, and Zone Members
Zones provide a method for specifying access control, while zone sets are a grouping of zones to enforce
access control in the fabric. Either zone set A or zone set B can be activated (but not together).
Zone sets are configured with the names of the member zones and the VSAN (if the zone set is in a
Tip
configured VSAN).

Activating a Zone Set

Changes to a zone set do not take effect in a full zone set until you activate it.
To activate or deactivate an existing zone set, perform this task:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. switch# configuration terminal
2. switch(config)# zoneset activate name zoneset-name vsan vsan-id
3. switch(config)# no zoneset activate name zoneset-name vsan vsan-id
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