Changing From Enhanced Zoning To Basic Zoning; Enabling Enhanced Zoning - Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Manual

Enhanced Zoning
DETAILED STEPS
Step 1 Verify that all switches in the fabric are capable of working in the enhanced mode.
Step 2 If one or more switches are not capable of working in enhanced mode, then your request to move to enhanced mode is
rejected.
Step 3 Set the operation mode to enhanced zoning mode.

Changing from Enhanced Zoning to Basic Zoning

Cisco SAN switches allow you to change from enhanced zoning to basic zoning to enable you to downgrade
and upgrade to other Cisco NX-OS releases.
To change to the basic zoning mode from the enhanced mode, perform this task:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. Verify that the active and full zone set do not contain any configuration that is specific to the enhanced
zoning mode.
2. If such configurations exist, delete them before proceeding with this procedure. If you do not delete the
existing configuration, the switch software automatically removes them.
3. Set the operation mode to basic zoning mode.
DETAILED STEPS
Step 1 Verify that the active and full zone set do not contain any configuration that is specific to the enhanced zoning mode.
Step 2
If such configurations exist, delete them before proceeding with this procedure. If you do not delete the existing
configuration, the switch software automatically removes them.
Step 3 Set the operation mode to basic zoning mode.

Enabling Enhanced Zoning

By default, the enhanced zoning feature is disabled in all switches in the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series.
To enable enhanced zoning in a VSAN, perform this task:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. switch# configuration terminal
2. switch(config)# zone mode enhanced vsan vsan-id
3. switch(config)# no zone mode enhanced vsan vsan-id
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