Deleting All User-Defined Admin Domains; Validating An Admin Domain Member List - HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12 Administrator's Manual

Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains

When you clear the Admin Domain configuration, all user-defined Admin Domains are deleted, the explicit
membership list of AD0 is cleared, and all fabric resources (switches, ports, and devices) are returned to
the implicit membership list of AD0.
You cannot clear the Admin Domain configuration if zone configurations exist in any of the user-defined
Admin Domains.
To clear all Admin Domain definitions
1. Clear all individual AD zone databases, in separate transactions, before proceeding with this
operation.
2. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
3. Switch to the AD255 context, if you are not already in that context.
ad --select 255
4. Enter the ad --clear command.
This option prompts you for confirmation before triggering the delete of all Admin Domains.
5. Enter the ad --apply command to save the Admin Domain definition and directly apply the
definitions to the fabric.
sw5:AD255:admin> ad --clear
You are about to delete all ADs definitions.
This operations will fail if zone configurations exists in AD1-AD254
Do you want to clear all admin domains (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
sw5:AD255:admin>

Validating an Admin Domain member list

The ad --validate option allows you to validate the device and switch member list and flag all
resources that are from AD-unaware switches. You can use the validate option to list Admin Domain
members from AD-unaware switches and non-existing or offline Admin Domain members.
You can use the validate option to identify misconfigurations of the Admin Domain. For example, in
fabrics with a mix of AD-aware and AD-unaware switches, elements in the Admin Domain member list from
old AD-unaware switches are not enforced.
The Admin Domain validation process is not applicable for AD0, as AD0 implicitly assumes all unassigned
and AD-unaware online switches and their devices.
To list the switches and devices in an AD member list
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Switch to the AD255 context, if you are not already in that context.
ad --select 255
3. Enter the ad --validate command.
ad --validate ad_id -m mode
If you do not specify any parameters, the entire AD database (transaction buffer, defined configuration,
and effective configuration) is displayed.
If you do not specify an Admin Domain, information about all existing Admin Domains is displayed.
The -m mode flag can be used as follows:
• 0 to display the Admin Domain configuration in the current transaction buffer.
• 1 to display the Admin Domain configuration stored in the persistent memory (defined
configuration).
• 2 to display the currently enforced Admin Domain configuration (effective configuration).
The following example validates the member list of Admin Domain 10 in the current transaction buffer.
sw5:AD255:admin> ad --validate 10 –m 0
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