Admin Domain Configuration Maintenance - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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Admin Domain configuration maintenance

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8. Use the Fabric ID selector to select the fabric ID of the logical switch to which the configuration
9. Enter the fabric ID of the logical switch in Template Fabric ID.
NOTE
If you are using a USB device, it must be connected and mounted before you upload or download.
Refer to
10. Click Apply.

Admin Domain configuration maintenance

When you log in to the switch as a physical fabric administrator and back up a configuration, all
local switch configuration parameters are saved, as well as all Admin Domain membership
information and Admin Domain zone databases.
To perform a configuration upload or download, you should have the Admin Domain of AD255 or
AD0, if no other user-defined Admin Domains exist. A configuration upload or download gathers all
the configuration files for the fabric, including Admin Domains and iSCSI Target Gateway
information. For more information on Admin Domains, refer to
on page 69.
When the configuration is backed up, one of the following scenarios is possible:
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Enter the configuration file with a fully-qualified path, or select the configuration file in the
Configuration File Name field.
file is to downloaded.
The selector displays all the virtual fabric IDs that have been defined, the default of 128 for the
physical switch, chassis level configuration, and all chassis and switches.
"Uploading and downloading from USB storage"
You can monitor the progress by watching the Upload/Download Progress bar.
If the current Admin Domain does not own the switch and you are logged in with any role that
allows configuration upload or download, the following items are saved in the configuration file:
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Local zone configuration
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iSCSI configuration (if any)
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No other configuration information
If the current Admin Domain owns the switch and you are logged in with any role that allows
configuration upload or download, the following items are saved in the configuration file:
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Local zone configuration
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iSCSI configuration (if any)
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All other configuration information except Admin Domain configuration information
If you invoke Admin Domain from AD255 and you are logged in with any role that allows
configuration upload/download, the following items are saved in the configuration file:
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Configuration information for zones in all Admin Domains
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iSCSI configuration (if any)
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All other configuration information, including zoning from all Admin Domains
on page 65 for more information.
"Requirements for Admin Domains"
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