Adding A New Fabric; Merging And Segmentation - HP A7340A - Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B User Manual

Adding a New Fabric

Adding a new fabric that has no zone configuration information to an existing
fabric is very similar to adding a new switch. All switches in the new fabric inherit
the zoning configuration data. If a zone configuration is in effect, then the same
configuration becomes the enabled configuration. The cfgShow command will
display the same information on all switches in the newly formed Fabric. Before
the new fabric can merge successfully, it must pass the merging and segmentation
criteria listed below.

Merging and Segmentation

The fabric is checked for segmentation during the fabric configure/reconfigure
during power-up, when a switch is disabled/enabled, or when a port switches to an
F-port.
The entire "Defined Configuration" is merged with adjacent switches, before the
Effective Configuration Name is sent, if one exists.
There are two databases used with zoning. The first database is the zone
configuration database. This is the data displayed as the "defined configuration"
in the cfgShow command. It is stored in flash by the cfgSave command. This
database is a replicated database, which means that all switches in the fabric will
have a copy of this database. When a change is made to the defined configuration,
the switch where the changes were made must close its transaction for the change
to be propagated throughout the fabric.
The second database used with zoning is the N_Port login database. It is stored
locally on each switch and is used for translating the World Wide Names into
physical port numbers when WWNs are used in zoning. The checking is run
locally when the port number can make a match on that switch alone. When the
port number is not enough, that switch has to query the remote switches to get the
needed login information. This information is cached on the local switch until
RSCN renders it stale. There is also a time-out value (usually set from 10 to 15
minutes), after which it will be deleted from the Name Server database.
If debugging is required, the local login data can be viewed using the
portLoginShow pn command, where "pn" is the port or area number on that
switch. The cache of remote logins can be viewed by making a query to the Name
Server or using zoneCheck with two valid Destination IDs (DIDs), then use the
cfgRemoteShow command.
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