About Recovering From Link Isolation; Importing And Exporting Zone Sets - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

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About Recovering from Link Isolation

When two switches in a fabric are merged using a TE or E port, these TE and E ports may become
isolated when the active zone set databases are different between the two switches or fabrics. When a TE
port or an E port become isolated, you can recover that port from its isolated state using one of three
options:
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Figure 30-28
active zone set mismatch

Importing and Exporting Zone Sets

To import or export the zone set information from or to an adjacent switch using Fabric Manager, follow
these steps:
Choose Tools > Zone Merge Fail Recovery.
Step 1
You see the Zone Merge Failure Recovery dialog box shown in
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Import the neighboring switch's active zone set database and replace the current active zone set (see
Figure 30-28).
Export the current database to the neighboring switch.
Manually resolve the conflict by editing the full zone set, activating the corrected zone set, and then
bringing up the link.
Importing and Exporting the Database
Isolated port due to
Switch 1
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From Switch 1, Import
database forces Switch 1
to use the database
configured in Switch 2
From Switch 1, Export
database forces Switch 2
to use the database
configured in Switch 1
Figure
Configuring and Managing Zones
Switch 2
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