Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0(1a)N1 (OL-16597-01, January 2009)

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Chapter 38 Configuring and Managing Zones
Zone Set Distribution
Enabling Full Zone Set Distribution
All switches in the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series distribute active zone sets when new E port links come up
or when a new zone set is activated in a VSAN. The zone set distribution takes effect while sending
merge requests to the adjacent switch or while activating a zone set.
To enable full zone set and active zone set distribution to all switches on a per VSAN basis, perform this
task:
Enabling a One-Time Distribution
You can perform a one-time distribution of inactive, unmodified zone sets throughout the fabric.
Use the zoneset distribute vsan vsan-id command in EXEC mode to perform this distribution.
switch# zoneset distribute vsan 2
Zoneset distribution initiated. check zone status
This command only distributes the full zone set information, as it does not save the information to the
startup configuration. You must explicitly enter the copy running-config startup-config command to
save the full zone set information to the startup configuration.
Note The one-time distribution of the full zone set is supported in interop 2 and interop 3 modes, and not in
interop 1 mode.
Use the show zone status vsan vsan-id command to check the status of the one-time zone set distribution
request.
switch# show zone status vsan 3
VSAN: 3 default-zone: permit distribute: active only Interop: 100
mode:basic merge-control:allow
session:none
hard-zoning:enabled
Default zone:
qos:none broadcast:disabled ronly:disabled
Full Zoning Database :
Zonesets:0 Zones:0 Aliases: 0
Active Zoning Database :
Name: nozoneset Zonesets:1 Zones:2
Status: Zoneset distribution completed at 04:01:06 Aug 28 2004
About Recovering from Link Isolation
When two switches in a fabric are merged using a TE or E port, these TE and E ports may become
isolated when the active zone set databases are different between the two switches or fabrics. When a TE
port or an E port become isolated, you can recover that port from its isolated state using one of three
options:
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# configuration terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# zoneset distribute full
vsan vsan-id
Enables sending a full zone set along with an active
zone set.