Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 16 Configuring and Managing Zones
Enhanced Zoning
Enabling Enhanced Zoning
By default, the enhanced zoning feature is disabled in all switches in the Nexus 5000 Series.
To enable enhanced zoning in a VSAN using Fabric Manager, perform this task:
Step 1 In the Logical Domains pane, expand a VSAN, and then choose a zone set.
You see the zone set configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Enhanced tab.
You see the current enhanced zoning configuration.
Step 3 In the Action drop-down list, choose enhanced to enable enhanced zoning in this VSAN.
Step 4 Click Apply Changes to save these changes.
Merging the Database
The merge method depends on the fabric-wide merge control setting:
• Restrict—If the two databases are not identical, the ISLs between the switches are isolated.
• Allow—The two databases are merged using the merge rules specified in Table 16-3.
Table 16-3 Database Zone Merge Status
Local Database Adjacent Database Merge Status Results of the Merge
The databases contain zone sets with the same name
1
but
different zones, aliases, and attributes groups.
1. In the enhanced zoning mode, the active zone set does not have a name in interop mode 1. The zone set names are only present
for full zone sets.
Successful. The union of the local and
adjacent databases.
The databases contains a zone, zone alias, or zone
attribute group object with same name
1
but different
members.
Failed. ISLs are isolated.
Empty. Contains data. Successful. The adjacent database
information populates the
local database.
Contains data. Empty. Successful. The local database
information populates the
adjacent database.