Dell PowerConnect Brocade 300 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.1.0 - Page 454

17 SAN management with Admin Domains Validating an Admin Domain member list You can validate the device and switch member list. You can list non-existing or offline Admin Domain members. You can also identify misconfigurations of the Admin Domain. The Admin Domain validation process is not applicable for AD0, because AD0 implicitly contains all unassigned online switches and their devices. 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions. 2. Switch to the AD255 context, if you are not already in that context. ad --select 255 3. Enter the ad --validate command. ad --validate ad_id -m mode If you do not specify any parameters, the entire AD database (transaction buffer, defined configuration, and effective configuration) is displayed. If you do not specify an Admin Domain, information about all existing Admin Domains is displayed. The -m mode option can be used with the following values: • 0 to display the Admin Domain configuration in the current transaction buffer. • 1 to display the Admin Domain configuration stored in the persistent memory (defined configuration). • 2 to display the currently enforced Admin Domain configuration (effective configuration). Example of validating the member list of Admin Domain 10 in the current transaction buffer switch:AD255:admin> ad --validate 10 -m 0 Current AD Number: 255 AD Name: AD255 Transaction buffer configuration: AD Number: 2 AD Name: ad2 State: Active Switch port members: 1,1; 1,3; 2,5+; 3,6; * - Member does not exist + - Member is AD Unaware SAN management with Admin Domains This section is for both users and administrators and describes how Admin Domains affect commands and other Fabric OS features. If you are a physical fabric administrator and you want to create, modify, or otherwise manage Admin Domains, refer to "Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators" on page 442. The Admin Domain looks like a virtual switch or fabric to a user. However, based on the user role and type (User_ID), users are presented with only their relevant AD-based views (refer to Figure 52 on page 434 and Figure 53 on page 434). Any devices and switch ports that are not defined as part of the Admin Domain are not shown and are not available to that AD user. Each Admin Domain can also have its own zone configurations (defined and effective) with zones and aliases under them. 454 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53-1002745-02