Distributing Zone Sets; Copying Zone Sets; Creating Zone Sets; Creating Additional Zone Sets - Cisco DS-C9216I-K9 Configuration Manual

Zone Sets

Distributing Zone Sets

All switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family distribute active zone sets when new E port links come up
or when a new zone set is activated in a VSAN. The distribution takes effect while sending merge
requests to the adjacent switch or while activating a zone set.

Copying Zone Sets

The active zone set is not a part of the full zone set. You can not make changes to an existing zone set
and activate it, if the full zone set is lost or is not propagated. You can make a copy of an active zone set
and then edit it without altering the existing active zone set. You can copy an active-zone set to a location
in bootflash, volatile, slot0, to a remote location (using FTP, SCP, SFTP, or TFTP), or to the full zone set.
Copying an active zone set to a full zone set may overwrite a zone with the same name, if it already exists
Caution
in the full zone set database.

Creating Zone Sets

To create zone sets, perform the following steps.
Step 1 From the Fabric Manager, choose Zone > Edit Full Database on Switch. You see the Select VSAN
dialog box. Choose the VSAN and click OK.
You can also right-click a VSAN folder in the Logical tab and choose Edit Local Zone Database from
the pop-up menu. You see the Edit VSANxxx Local Full Zones window.
Right-click the zone set for that VSAN and choose Insert to add a zone set.
Step 2
You can activate the zone set by clicking Activate. This configuration is distributed to the other switches
in the network fabric.
Note

Creating Additional Zone Sets

To create additional zone sets, follow these steps:
To create a zone set, right-click the ZoneSets folder in the Edit Full Database on Switch dialog box, and
Step 1
choose Insert.
Enter the zone set name in the dialog box that appears and click OK to add the zone set. The zone set is
Step 2
automatically added to the zone database.
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When you confirm the activate operation, the current running configuration is saved to the
startup configuration. This permanently saves any changes made to the running configuration
(not just zoning changes).
Chapter 15 Configuring and Managing Zones
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