Enhanced Zoning - Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Manual

Enhanced Zoning

Command or Action
Enhanced Zoning
The zoning feature complies with the FC-GS-4 and FC-SW-3 standards. Both standards support the basic
zoning functionalities explained in the previous section and the enhanced zoning functionalities described in
this section.
Enhanced Zoning
The zoning feature complies with the FC-GS-4 and FC-SW-3 standards. Both standards support the basic
zoning functionalities explained in the previous section and the enhanced zoning functionalities described in
this section.
Broadcast zoning is not supported on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches.
Note
The following table lists the advantages of the enhanced zoning feature in all switches in the Cisco SAN
switches.
Table 20: Advantages of Enhanced Zoning
Basic Zoning
Administrators can make
simultaneous configuration
changes. Upon activation, one
administrator can overwrite another
administrator's changes.
If a zone is part of multiple zone
sets, you create an instance of this
zone in each zone set.
The default zone policy is defined
per switch. To ensure smooth
fabric operation, all switches in the
fabric must have the same default
zone setting.
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Purpose
This command only disables the smart zoning for the
Note
selected zone and does not remove the device type
configurations.
Enhanced Zoning
Performs all configurations within
a single configuration session.
When you begin a session, the
switch locks the entire fabric to
implement the change.
References to the zone are used by
the zone sets as required once you
define the zone.
Enforces and exchanges the default
zone setting throughout the fabric.
Configuring and Managing Zones
Enhanced Zoning Advantages
One configuration session for the
entire fabric to ensure consistency
within the fabric.
Reduced payload size as the zone
is referenced. The size is more
significant with bigger databases.
Fabric-wide policy enforcement
reduces troubleshooting time.
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