Enhanced Zoning; About Enhanced Zoning - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Chapter 30 Configuring and Managing Zones
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Click the Read Only Violations, Statistics tab, or LUN Zoning Statistics tab to view statistics for the
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selected zone.

Enhanced Zoning

The zoning feature complies with the FC-GS-4 and FC-SW-3 standards. Both standards support the basic
zoning functionalities explained in the previous section and the enhanced zoning functionalities
described in this section.
This section includes the following topics:
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About Enhanced Zoning

Table 30-3
Family.
Table 30-3 Advantages of Enhanced Zoning
Basic Zoning
Administrators can make simultaneous
configuration changes. Upon activation, one
administrator can overwrite another administrator's
changes.
If a zone is part of multiple zone sets, you create an
instance of this zone in each zone set.
The default zone policy is defined per switch. To
ensure smooth fabric operation, all switches in the
fabric must have the same default zone setting.
To retrieve the results of the activation on a per
switch basis, the managing switch provides a
combined status about the activation. It does not
identify the failure switch.
OL-17256-03, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
About Enhanced Zoning, page 30-43
Changing from Basic Zoning to Enhanced Zoning, page 30-44
Changing from Enhanced Zoning to Basic Zoning, page 30-44
Enabling Enhanced Zoning, page 30-45
Creating Attribute Groups, page 30-45
Merging the Database, page 30-45
Analyzing a Zone Merge, page 30-46
Configuring Zone Merge Control Policies, page 30-47
lists the advantages of the enhanced zoning feature in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000
Enhanced Zoning
Performs all configurations within a
single configuration session. When you
begin a session, the switch locks the
entire fabric to implement the change.
References to the zone are used by the
zone sets as required once you define
the zone.
Enforces and exchanges the default
zone setting throughout the fabric.
Retrieves the activation results and the
nature of the problem from each remote
switch.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
Enhanced Zoning
Enhanced Zoning Advantages
One configuration session for
the entire fabric to ensure
consistency within the fabric.
Reduced payload size as the
zone is referenced. The size
is more pronounced with
bigger databases.
Fabric-wide policy
enforcement reduces
troubleshooting time.
Enhanced error reporting
eases the troubleshooting
process.
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