Deactivating An Admin Domain; Adding Members To An Existing Admin Domain - Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001763-02 Administrator's Manual

Deactivating an Admin Domain

If you deactivate an Admin Domain, the members assigned to the Admin Domain can no longer
access their hosts or storage unless those members are part of another Admin Domain.
You cannot log in to an Admin Domain that has been deactivated. You must activate an Admin
Domain before you can log in to it.
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Disable the zone configuration under the Admin Domain you want to deactivate.
3. Switch to the AD255 context, if you are not already in that context.
4. Enter the ad
5. Enter the appropriate command based on whether you want to save or activate the Admin
Example

Adding members to an existing Admin Domain

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Switch to the AD255 context, if you are not already in that context.
3. Enter the ad
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cfgdisable
ad --select 255
deactivate command.
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ad --deactivate ad_id
You are then prompted for confirmation.
Domain definition:
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To save the Admin Domain definition, enter ad
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To save the Admin Domain definition and directly apply the definition to the fabric, enter ad
apply.
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All active user sessions associated with the Admin Domain are terminated. The deactivate
option does not disable ports.
The following example deactivates Admin Domain AD_B4.
switch:AD255:admin> ad --deactivate AD_B4
You are about to deactivate an AD.
This operation will fail if an effective zone configuration exists in the AD
Do you want to deactivate 'AD_B5' admin domain (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
switch:AD255:admin>
ad --select 255
add command using the -d option to specify device and switch port members
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and the -s option to specify switch members:
ad --add ad_id -d "dev_list" -s "switch_list"
where ad_id is the Admin Domain name or number, dev_list is a list of device WWNs or
domain,index members, and switch_list is a list of switch WWNs or domain IDs.
save.
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