Dell PowerConnect Brocade 300 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.1.0 - Page 449

Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators 17 4. Enter the appropriate command based on whether you want to save or activate the Admin Domain definition: • To save the Admin Domain definition, enter ad --save. • To save the Admin Domain definition and directly apply the definition to the fabric, enter ad --apply. The Admin Domain numbers remain unchanged after the operation. Example of changing the name of Admin Domain Eng_AD to Eng_AD2 switch:AD255:admin> ad --rename Eng_AD Eng_AD2 Deleting an Admin Domain When you delete an Admin Domain, its devices no longer have access to the members of the zones with which it was associated. 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions. 2. Switch to the Admin Domain that you want to delete. ad --select ad_id 3. Enter the appropriate command to clear the zone database under the Admin Domain you want to delete. • To remove the effective configuration, enter cfgdisable. • To remove the defined configuration, enter cfgclear. • To save the changes to nonvolatile memory, enter cfgsave. 4. Switch to the AD255 context. ad --select 255 5. Enter the ad --delete command. ad --delete ad_id The ad --delete command prompts you for confirmation before triggering the deletion. The command succeeds whether the Admin Domain is in an activated or deactivated state. 6. Enter the ad --apply command to save the Admin Domain definition and directly apply the definition to the fabric. Example of deleting Admin Domain AD_B3 switch:AD255:admin> ad --delete AD_B3 You are about to delete an AD. This operation will fail if zone configuration exists in the AD Do you want to delete 'AD_B3' admin domain (yes, y, no, n): [no] y switch:AD255:admin> Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 449 53-1002745-02