Zone Implementation; Active And Full Zone Set Configuration Guidelines - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Cisco nexus 5000 series switch cli software configuration guide, nx-os 4.0(1a)n1 (ol-16597-01, january 2009)

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Information About Zoning

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Zone Implementation

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches automatically support the following basic zone features (no additional

configuration is required):

If required, you can additionally configure the following zone features:

Before configuring a zone set, consider the following guidelines:

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Fabric with Three Zones

Zones are contained in a VSAN.

Hard zoning cannot be disabled.

Name server queries are soft-zoned.

Only active zone sets are distributed.

Unzoned devices cannot access each other.

A zone or zone set with the same name can exist in each VSAN.

Each VSAN has a full database and an active database.

Active zone sets cannot be changed, without activating a full zone database.

Active zone sets are preserved across switch reboots.

Changes to the full database must be explicitly saved.

Zone reactivation (a zone set is active and you activate another zone set) does not disrupt existing

Propagate full zone sets to all switches on a per VSAN basis.

Change the default policy for unzoned members.

Interoperate with other vendors by configuring a VSAN in the interop mode. You can also configure

one VSAN in the interop mode and another VSAN in the basic mode in the same switch without

disrupting each other.

Bring E ports out of isolation.

Configuring and Managing Zones

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