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∙ A plus sign (+) before any entity (an alias or a zone name or a configuration) indicates that it is a newly added entity.
∙ A minus sign (-) before any entity indicates that this entity has been deleted. If zone members are added as well as deleted in a
zone configuration, then a plus sign and a minus sign (+-) will be displayed before the member and a * sign will be displayed
before the zone name.
∙ A plus sign (+) before any member of an alias or zone name or any other entity indicates this member has been added, and a
minus sign (-) indicates the particular member has been deleted. In the case of TI zones, for inter-fabric links for example, "5,-1"
is a valid zone member. Notice that the minus sign (-) comes before the port index. If this was a deleted zone member, it would
have been shown as "5,-1". A minus sign (-) before a domain ID indicates that this TI zone member has been deleted.
Example displaying existing zone database
switch:admin> cfgshow
Defined configuration:
cfg: fabric_cfg Blue_zone
zone: Blue_zone
1,1; array1; 1,2; array2
zone: green_zone
1,1; 1,2
alias: array1 21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:8c; 21:00:00:20:37:0c:71:02
alias: array2 21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:22; 21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:28
Effective configuration:
cfg: fabric_cfg
zone: Blue_zone
1,1
21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:8c
21:00:00:20:37:0c:71:02
1,2
Example adding a new zone ‘red_zone’, deleting "1,1" and adding "6,15" to green_zone
switch:admin> cfgshow --transdiffs
Defined configuration:
cfg: fabric_cfg Blue_zone
zone: Blue_zone
1,1; array1; 1,2; array2
*zone: green_zone
-1,1; 1,2; +6, 15
*zone: +red_zone
5,1; 4,2
alias: array1 21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:8c; 21:00:00:20:37:0c:71:02
alias: array2 21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:22; 21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:28
Effective configuration:
cfg: fabric_cfg
zone: Blue_zone
1,1
21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:8c
21:00:00:20:37:0c:71:02
1,2
Example cfgShow --transdiffsonly output for the previous example
switch:admin> cfgshow --transdiffsonly
*zone: green_zone -1,1; 1,2; +6,15
*zone: +red_zone 5,1; 4,2
switch:admin>
Validating a zone
Use the following procedure to validate a zone.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
Administering Advanced Zoning
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