Managing Zoning Configurations In A Fabric; Adding A New Switch Or Fabric - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

4. To validate all zones in the zone database in the defined configuration.
switch:admin> sw5:root> zone --validate -m 1
The mode flag -m can be used to specify the zone database location. Supported mode flag values are:
• 0 — zone database from the current transaction buffer
• 1 — zone database stored from the persistent storage
• 2 — currently effective zone database.
If no mode options are given, the validated output of all three buffers would be shown.
If the -f option is specified, all the zone members that are not enforceable would be expunged in the
transaction buffer. This pruning operation would always happen on the transaction and defined
buffers. You cannot specify a mode option or specify a zone object as an argument with the -f
option. This mode flag should be used after the zone has been validated.
For more details about the zone, cfgShow, cfgEnable, and cfgSave commands, see the Fabric
OS Command Reference.

Managing zoning configurations in a fabric

You can add, delete, or remove individual elements in an existing zone configuration to create an
appropriate configuration for your SAN environment. After the changes have been made, save the
configuration to ensure the configuration is permanently saved in the switch and that the configuration is
replicated throughout the fabric.
The switch configuration file can also be uploaded to the host for archiving and it can be downloaded from
the host to a switch in the fabric. See
configuration" on page 134, or the configUpload and configDownload commands in the Fabric OS
Command Reference.

Adding a new switch or fabric

When a new switch is added to the fabric, it automatically takes on the zone configuration information
from the fabric. Use the cfgActvShow command to verify the zoning information is the same on each
switch in the fabric
If you are adding a switch that is already configured for zoning, use the cfgClear and cfgSave
commands (or use cfgClear and cfgDisable if there is an effective configuration) before connecting it
to the zoned 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
cfgActvShow command will display the same information on all switches in the newly formed fabric.
410 Administering Advanced Zoning
Defined configuration:
cfg: cfg1 zone1
cfg: cfg2 zone1; zone2
zone: zone1 1,1; ali1
zone: zone2 1,1; ali2
alias: ali1 10:00:00:05:1e:35:81:7f*; 10:00:00:05:1e:35:81:7d*
alias: ali2 10:00:00:05:1e:35:81:09*; 10:00:00:05:1e:35:81:88*
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~ - Invalid configuration
* - Member does not exist
"Backing up a configuration" on page 131, "Restoring a