Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000599-02, June 2008)

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3. Use the --rdcreate and --rddelete options to manage Frame Redirect (RD) Zones.
RD zones allow frames to be redirected to devices that can perform additional processing on
these frames (for example, encryption). The feature uses a combination of RD zones and
Name Server changes to map real device WWNs to Virtual PIDs. This allows redirecting a flow
between a host and target to a device that can perform its functionality without reconfiguring
the host and target.
The RD Zone is part of the defined zone configuration and does not appear in the effective
zone configuration. Use cfgSave to save the RD zone changes to the defined configuration. Use
cfgShow to display the RD zones.
When you create the first RD zone, two additional zone objects are created automatically: A
base zone "red_______base" and a zone configuration "r_e_d_i_r_c__fg". These additional
zone objects are required by the implementation. These zone objects must remain on the
switch as long as other redirect zones are defined. Do not remove these objects, unless
redirection is no longer required and no other redirect zones exist.
Use zoneDelete to remove the base RD zone, "red_______base". Use cfgDelete to remove the
RD zone configuration "r_e_d_i_r_c__fg."
Notes TI zones are not supported in fabrics involving switches running firmware versions preceding Fabric
OS v6.0. However, the existence of a TI Zone in such a fabric is backward compatible and does not
disrupt fabric operation in switches running earlier firmware versions.
The current zone commands zoneCreate, aliCreate, cfgCreate, etc., cannot be used to manage
special zones, such as TI Zones or RD zones.
Operands This command takes as an operand an action and its associated arguments. When executed
without operands, the command displays the usage.
--help Displays command usage.
1. Commands for performing specific zone operations:
--copy Copies all the specified zone objects from the source_AD into the current AD.
The current AD transaction buffer is used for this operation. The following
operands are optional:
source_AD.
Specifies the source Admin Domain and the zone objects. If unspecified,
objects are copied within the current AD.
source_zone_object
Specifies the zone object under the source_AD. The zone object can be a
zone configuration, a zone alias, or several zones. If a source zone object is
not specified, all zone configurations are copied over to the current Admin
Domain.
dest_zone_object
Identifies the destination zone object the within the current Admin Domain. If
dest_zone_object is not specified, source_zone_object is copied (with the
same name). If the destination zone object is not already present in the
Admin Domain, one is created (with type as source_zone_object).
-f Overwrites existing zone object without confirmation.