Changing From Enhanced Zoning To Basic Zoning; Enabling Enhanced Zoning - HP Cisco MDS 9020 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Enhanced Zoning
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Tip After moving from basic zoning to enhanced zoning we recommend that you save the running
configuration.

Changing from Enhanced Zoning to Basic Zoning

The standards do not allow you to move back to basic zoning. However, Cisco MDS switches allow this
move to enable you to downgrade and upgrade to other Cisco SAN-OS releases.
To change to the basic zoning mode from the enhanced mode, follow these steps:
Verify that the active and full zone set do not contain any configuration that is specific to the enhanced
Step 1
zoning mode.
If such configurations exist, delete them before proceeding with this procedure. If you do not delete the
existing configuration, the Cisco SAN-OS software automatically removes them.
Step 2 Set the operation mode to basic zoning mode. By doing so, you will automatically start a session, acquire
a fabric wide lock, distribute the zoning information using the basic zoning data structure, apply the
configuration changes and release the lock from all switches in the fabric. All switches in the fabric then
move to basic zoning mode.
Note

Enabling Enhanced Zoning

By default, the enhanced zoning feature is disabled in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.
To enable enhanced zoning in a VSAN, follow these steps:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Step 2
switch(config)# zone mode enhanced vsan 3000
Set zoning mode command initiated. Check zone status
switch(config)# no zone mode enhanced vsan 150
Set zoning mode command initiated. Check zone status
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If a switch running Cisco SAN-OS Release 2.0(1b), or later, with enhanced zoning enabled is
downgraded to Cisco SAN-OS Release 1.3(4), or earlier, the switch comes up in basic zoning
mode and thus cannot join the fabric because all the other switches in the fabric are still in
enhanced zoning mode.
Chapter 23 Configuring and Managing Zones
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Enables enhanced zoning in the
specified VSAN.
Disables enhanced zoning in the
specified VSAN.
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