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About Recovering from Link Isolation

The one-time distribution of the full zone set is supported in interop 2 and interop 3 modes, and not in
Note
interop 1 mode.
Use the show zone status vsan vsan-id command to check the status of the one-time zone set distribution
request.
switch# show zone status vsan 3
VSAN: 3 default-zone: permit distribute: active only Interop: 100
Default zone:
Full Zoning Database :
Active Zoning Database :
Status: Zoneset distribution completed at 04:01:06 Aug 28 2004
About Recovering from Link Isolation
When two switches in a fabric are merged using a TE or E port, these TE and E ports may become isolated
when the active zone set databases are different between the two switches or fabrics. When a TE port or an
E port become isolated, you can recover that port from its isolated state using one of three options:
• Import the neighboring switch's active zone set database and replace the current active zone set (see the
• Export the current database to the neighboring switch.
• Manually resolve the conflict by editing the full zone set, activating the corrected zone set, and then
Figure 68: Importing and Exporting the Database
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mode:basic merge-control:allow
session:none
hard-zoning:enabled
qos:none broadcast:disabled ronly:disabled
Zonesets:0 Zones:0 Aliases: 0
Name: nozoneset Zonesets:1
figure below).
bringing up the link.
Zones:2
Configuring and Managing Zones
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