Deleting All User-Defined Admin Domains; Deleting All User-Defined Admin Domains Non-Disruptively - HP StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators

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.
If you want to remove all Admin Domains while retaining device connectivity (for example, if you
want to enable Virtual Fabrics), use the procedure described in
Domains non-disruptively."
1. Clear all individual AD zone databases, in separate transactions, before proceeding with this
2. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
3. Switch to the AD255 context, if you are not already in that context.
4. Enter the ad
5. Enter the ad --apply command to save the Admin Domain definition and directly apply the
Example

Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains non-disruptively

To disable Admin Domains non-disruptively, you must do the following before you clear the
user-defined ADs:
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This will ensure that the devices are able to communicate when they are removed from the
user-defined ADs.
You can use this procedure to remove all Admin Domains before enabling Virtual Fabrics.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the cfgshow command in the AD255 context to display the zone configurations for all
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operation. Refer to "Clearing all zone configurations"
ad --select 255
clear command.
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This option prompts you for confirmation before triggering the deletion of all Admin Domains.
definitions to the fabric.
switch: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
switch:AD255:admin>
Create and activate zone configurations in AD0 that are equivalent to the zone configurations
in each of the user-defined ADs.
Define all of the members that are currently in user-defined ADs in AD0.
Admin Domains.
ad --exec 255 "cfgshow"
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