Dell Connectrix MDS 9148T Connectrix Cisco MDS-9000NX-OS 9.3.1 Release Note - Page 20

Documentation Managing zone changes in multiswitch fabrics Zoning changes may be made through Fabric Manager or CLI. When accessing Fabric Manager or CLI, the user does so from the point of view of one switch. That is, Fabric Manager and CLI are accessed by entering the IP address of one switch in the fabric. When zoning changes are made, the applicable VSAN and zone set data is propagated to the rest of the switches in the fabric via the ISLs. When zoning changes are made to a VSAN, the zone set data is propagated to the rest of the switches in the fabric via the ISLs. By default, only the active zone set information is relayed to all switches in the VSAN. If the user accesses the Fabric Manager and CLI from another switch in the fabric, the new VSAN and zone set information will not be viewable. To view the active and inactive zone set on the other switches in the fabric, the user must log in to the CLI and issue a command from the EXEC prompt. Example The following is an example of copying VSAN 1 through 20 zoning data: CiscoMDS_name# zone copy active full vsan 1-20 CiscoMDS_name# conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with . CiscoMDS_name(config)# zoneset distribute full vsan 1-20 CiscoMDS_name(config)# Note: This command needs to be issued on all switches in the fabric one time only. This is a nondisruptive command. After issuing the commands, the user will now see the active and inactive zone sets for the specified VSANs on any switch that is chosen from which to manage the fabric. After a zoning change is made, save the running configuration to the startup configuration. Documentation Send documentation comments to mdsfeedback-doc.com. Product documentation As of NX-OS Release 4.2(1a), software configuration information is available in new feature-specific configuration guides for the following information:  System management  Interfaces  Fabric  Quality of service  Security  IP services  High availability and redundancy 20 Dell Connectrix Cisco MDS 9000 Release Notes