Configuring Autozone In Automatic Mode; Enabling Autozone In Automatic Mode; Executing Autozone In Manual Mode; Enabling Autozone In Automatic Mode By A Remotely Authenticated (Aaa) User - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring Autozone in Automatic Mode

• Do not delete the autozone CLI alias name to ensure that the Autozone feature functions as documented.
• If the Autozone feature is enabled, during upgrade or downgrade, the Autozone scheduler job might
Configuring Autozone in Automatic Mode
The Autozone feature creates zones and a zoneset on VSAN 1 for unzoned devices and creates a scheduler
job to periodically add new device logins on VSAN 1.

Enabling Autozone in Automatic Mode

To enable the Autozone feature, run this command:
switch# autozone

Executing Autozone in Manual mode

You can execute Autozone manually for updating the zoning information each time a new device is logged
into the switch.
To execute Autozone in manual mode, perform this step:
switch# autozone --update
Enabling Autozone in Automatic Mode by a Remotely Authenticated (AAA)
User
An Autozone scheduler job runs using the identity of a user who has enabled the Autozone feature on the
switch. If the user has remote authentication (AAA), the user's credentials must be added manually to the
scheduler configuration for the periodic Autozone scheduler job to succeed.
To enable the Autozone feature for a remotely authenticated user, perform these steps:
Step 1 Enter global configuration mode:
switch# configure
Step 2
Enable the command scheduler:
switch(config)# feature scheduler
Step 3 Configure a cleartext password for a remotely authenticated user:
switch(config)# scheduler aaa-authentication user name password password
Step 4
Create zones and a zoneset on VSAN 1 automatically and schedule a timer to check for new device logins:
switch(config)# autozone
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temporarily fail. The scheduler job resumes executing successfully after the upgrade or downgrade is
complete.
Configuring and Managing Zones