Configuring And Activating Ivzs And Ivzss; Using The Force Option; Clearing The Ivz Database - Cisco DS-C9216I-K9 Configuration Manual

Chapter 16 Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing

Configuring and Activating IVZs and IVZSs

IVZ and IVZS names are restricted to 64 alphanumeric characters.

Using the force Option

Use the force option to activate the specified IVZS.
without the force option.
Table 16-2 Using the force Option
Default Zone
Case Policy
1 Deny
2 Yes
3 Deny
4 Permit
5 Yes
Using the force option of IVZS activation may cause traffic disruption, even for devices that are not
involved in IVR. For example, if your configuration does not have any active zone sets and the default
zone policy is permit, then an IVZS activation will fail. However, IVZS activation will go through if the
force option is used. Since zones are created in the edge VSANs corresponding to each IVZ, traffic may
be disrupted in edge VSANs where the default zone policy is permit.
Be sure to repeat this configuration in all border switches participating in the IVR configuration.
Using the Cisco MDS Fabric Manager, you can distribute IVZ configurations to all IVR-capable
switches in the interconnected VSAN network. Refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager
User Guide for more information.

Clearing the IVZ Database

Clearing a zone set only erases the configured zone database, not the active zone database.
OL-7753-01
Active Zone Set before
IVRZ Activation
No active zone set
Success
Active zone set present
No active zone set or
Active zone set present
Success
Table 16-2
Force Option IVZS Activation
Used? Status
No Failure
Yes No
No/Yes Success
No Failure
Yes Yes
Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Switch Configuration Guide
Creating IVZs and IVZSs
lists the various scenarios with and
Active IVRZ Possible Traffic
Created? Disruption
No No
Yes No
No No
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