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
The merge process operates as follows:
1. The software compares the protocol versions. If the protocol versions differ, then the ISL is isolated.
2. If the protocol versions are the same, then the zone policies are compared. If the zone policies differ,
then the ISL is isolated.
3. If the zone merge options are the same, then the comparison is implemented based on the merge
control setting.
a. If the setting is restrict, the active zone set and the full zone set should be identical. Otherwise,
the link is isolated.
b. If the setting is allow, then the merge rules are used to perform the merge.
Analyzing a Zone Merge
To perform a zone merge analysis using Fabric Manager, perform this task:
Step 1 Choose Zone > Merge Analysis.
You see the Zone Merge Analysis dialog box as shown in Figure 16-30.
Figure 16-30 Zone Merge Analysis Dialog Box
Step 2
Choose the first switch to be analyzed from the Check Switch 1 drop-down list.
Step 3 Choose the second switch to be analyzed from the And Switch 2 drop-down list.
Step 4 Enter the VSAN ID where the zone set merge failure occurred in the For Active Zoneset Merge Problems
in VSAN Id field.
Step 5 Click Analyze to analyze the zone merge.
Step 6 Click Clear to clear the analysis data in the Zone Merge Analysis dialog box.
Configuring Zone Merge Control Policies
To configure merge control policies, see the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series CLI Configuration Guide.