Safe Zone; Activating Zone Configurations On A Standalone Switch; Activating Zone Configurations Fabric-Wide; Verifying The Effective Zone Configuration - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Safe zone

Safe zoning is a fabric-wide parameter that ensures that the resulting zone set of two merged fabrics is
consistent with the pre-merged zone sets. When you enable Safe zone, the Default Zone must be disabled
and the zoning configuration of neighboring switches must match completely before the zoning can merge.
To allow a Brocade switch into an M-EOS Native fabric, safe zoning must be disabled. This allows the
Brocade switch to join the fabric although the zone sets do not match. After the fabric merge and zone
merge are completed, safe zoning may be re-enabled.

Activating zone configurations on a standalone switch

To activate zone configurations on a standalone switch:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the interopmode command with the appropriate option to activate the zone, for example:
InteropMode [0|2|3 [-z McDataDefaultZone] [-s McDataSafeZone]]
0: to turn interopMode off
2: to turn McData Fabric mode on
Valid McDatatDefaultZone: 0 (disabled), 1 (enabled)
Valid McDataSafeZone: 0 (disabled), 1 (enabled)
3: to turn McDATA Open Fabric mode on

Activating zone configurations fabric-wide

To activate zoning fabric-wide:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the cfgmcdtmode command with the appropriate option, for example
cfgmcdtmode [--enable | --disable | --help] [safezoning | defaultzoning]
cfgmcdtmode --enable safezoning
safezoning McDATA mode has been enabled ...
NOTE: The interopmode and cfgMcdtmode commands perform the same functions.
The interopmode command only affects the local configuration and the command must be issued on
each switch in the fabric. The cfgMcdtmode affects the entire fabric.

Verifying the effective zone configuration

An effective zone configuration is a subset of the defined zone configuration, containing only the zone
configuration objects that are currently enabled; only one configuration can be active at a time, but
multiple configurations can be defined in the database. You must verify that the active zone set or zone
configuration has correctly propagated to the other switches in the fabric. You can enter the cfgenable
command with the name of the zone configuration to activate the effective zone configuration and the
cfgdisable command with the name of the zone configuration to deactivate the effective zone
configuration.
When uploading and downloading configuration files, you must be sure that the file being moved contains
the correct information. After a configuration is committed, any inaccurate parameters must be manually
corrected.
In McDATA Fabric mode, you can set the effective zone configuration to the Defined Database. If the
Defined Database contains a configuration with the same name, it will be replaced. Any non-duplicate
zone sets or zones will remain unchanged. Before moving the effective zone configuration to the Defined
Database, you should view the zoning configuration.
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