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The limitations of hard zoning include:
• 2 Gb of shared bandwidth over the entire hard zone.
• Ports in a hard zone cannot use the Stealth Intelligent Change Manager.
• Automatic Trunking and route blocking are not allowed in a hard zone.
• Ports in a hard zone cannot be set to a string or tree cascade configuration.
• Device AL_PAs on a port in a hard zone cannot be displayed.
To view the current hard zone policy for each zone:
From the Zoning configuration menu (root/config/zone), type hz and press E
To configure the hard zone policy for a specific zone:
1. From the Zoning configuration menu (root/config/zone), type hz <zone number>
Table 23. Hard Zone policy settings
Policy Setting
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2
2. Ensure zoning is activated and reset the switch for the changes to become active on
Configuring the Bad Zone Recovery policy (root/config/zone/bzr)
This command displays and configures the bad zone recovery policy for a specific zone.
This policy automatically recovers traffic after a device has brought down the zone. The
switch continuously watches the state of each zone and detects when a failed zone has
not recovered on its own. The switch then bypasses and re-inserts every port within the
zone. However, the Port Test Before Insertion (PTBI) policy does not allow the offending
port to re-insert the zone, which allows all other devices to operate normally.
Note: Bad zone recovery is enabled by default. If bad zone recovery is disabled, use
To view the current bad zone recovery policy for each zone:
From the Zoning configuration menu (root/config/zone), type bzr and press E
To configure the bad zone recovery policy for a specific zone:
1. From the Zoning configuration menu (root/config/zone), type bzr <zone number>
Table 24. Bad Zone Recovery policy settings
Policy Setting
1
2
2. Ensure zoning is activated and reset the switch for the changes to become active on
<policy setting> and press E
Description
Enable hard zoning.
Disable hard zoning.
the switch.
the following instructions to enable this policy for the appropriate zones.
<policy setting> and press E
Description
Enable the Bad Zone Recovery policy.
Disable the Bad Zone Recovery policy.
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