HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual page 602

Zone Sets
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Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box to convert that member to pWWN-based membership.
Step 6
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You do not have to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration to store the active zone
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set. However, you need to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration to explicitly store
full zone sets. It is not available across switch resets.
Caution If you deactivate the active zone set in a VSAN that is also configured for IVR, the active IVR zone set
(IVZS) is also deactivated and all IVR traffic to and from the switch is stopped. This deactivation can
disrupt traffic in more than one VSAN. Before deactivating the active zone set, check the active zone
analysis for the VSAN . To reactivate the IVZS, you must reactivate the regular zone set (see the
"Configuring IVR Zones and IVR Zone Sets" section on page
Caution If the currently active zone set contains IVR zones, activating the zone set from a switch where IVR is
not enabled disrupts IVR traffic to and from that VSAN. We strongly recommend that you always
activate the zone set from an IVR-enabled switch to avoid disrupting IVR traffic.
The pWWN of the virtual target does not appear in the zoning end devices database in Fabric Manager.
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If you want to zone the virtual device with a pWWN, you must enter it in the Add Member to Zone dialog
box when creating a zone. However, if the device alias is in enhanced mode, the virtual device names
appear in the device alias database in the Fabric Manager zoning window. In this case, users can choose
to select either the device alias name or enter the pWWN in the Add Member to Zone dialog box.
For more information, see the
Set the device alias mode to enhanced when using SDV (because the pWWN of a virtual device could
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change).
For example, SDV is enabled on a switch and a virtual device is defined. SDV assigns a pWWN for the
virtual device, and it is zoned based on the pWWN in a zone. If you later disable SDV, this configuration
is lost. If you reenable SDV and create the virtual device using the same name, there is no guarantee that
it will get the same pWWN again. Hence, you would have to rezone the pWWN-based zone. However,
if you perform zoning based on the device-alias name, there are no configuration changes required if or
when the pWWN changes.
Be sure you understand how device alias modes work before enabling them. Refer to
"Distributing Device Alias Services"
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If one zone set is active and you activate another zone set, the currently active zone set is
automatically deactivated.
"Adding Zone Members" section on page
29-24).
for details and requirements about device alias modes.
Chapter 30 Configuring and Managing Zones
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