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Zone Implementation
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Zone Implementation
All switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family automatically support the following basic zone features (no
additional configuration is required):
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If required, you can additionally configure the following zone features:
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Zone Configuration
A zone can be configured using one of the following identifiers to assign members:
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Zones are contained in a VSAN.
Hard zoning cannot be disabled.
Name server queries are soft-zoned.
Only active zone sets are distributed.
Unzoned devices cannot access each other.
A zone or zone set with the same name can exist in each VSAN.
Each VSAN has a full database and an active database.
Active zone sets cannot be changed, without activating a full zone database.
Active zone sets are preserved across switch reboots.
Changes to the full database must be explicitly saved.
Zone reactivation (a zone set is active and you activate another zone set) does not disrupt existing
traffic.
Propagate full zone sets to all switches on a per VSAN basis.
Change the default policy for unzoned members.
Interoperate with other vendors by configuring a VSAN in the interop mode. You can also configure
one VSAN in the interop mode and another VSAN in the basic mode in the same switch without
disrupting each other
Bring E ports out of isolation.
pWWN—The WWN of the N or NL port in hex format (for example, 10:00:00:23:45:67:89:ab).
You must only configure pWWN-type zoning on all MDS switches running Cisco SAN-OS if
there is a Cisco MDS 9020 switch running FabricWare in the same fabric to avoid Inter-Switch
Link (ISL) isolation.
Fabric port WWN—The WWN of the fabric port name in hex format (for example,
10:00:00:23:45:67:89:ab).
FC ID—The N port ID in 0xhhhhhh format (for example, 0xce00d1).
FC alias—The alias name is in alphabetic characters (for example, Payroll) and denotes a port ID or
WWN. The alias can also include multiple members.
Domain ID—The domain ID is an integer from 1 to 239. A mandatory port number of a non-Cisco
switch is required to complete this membership configuration.
Chapter 19
Configuring and Managing Zones
OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
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