HP 8/24 Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v6.3.0 (53-1001336-01, July 20 - Page 344
Saving the effective zone configuration to the Defined Database
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14 Frame Redirection in interoperable fabrics In McDATA Fabric mode, you can set the effective zone configuration to the Defined Database. If the Defined Database contains a configuration with the same name, it is replaced. Any non-duplicate zone sets or zones remain unchanged. Before moving the effective zone configuration to the Defined Database, you should view the zoning configuration. In Fabric OS v6.3.0, the cfgDownload and cfgUpload commands support the zone database if the fabric mode does not change. The effective configuration must be copied to the Defined Database. When the Defined Database is updated, the changes are pushed to all switches in the fabric as a cfgSave operation. Uploading and downloading a configuration file from Fabric OS v6.2.0 to Fabric OS v6.3.0 is allowed, however downloading a configuration file from Fabric OS v6.3.0 to Fabric OS v6.2.0 is not allowed. The configuration file download triggers the fabric mode change, which supports the initial configuration of new switches. This prevents fabric mode changes from being rejected. Saving the effective zone configuration to the Defined Database The Defined Database is not synchronized between Fabric OS switches in McDATA Fabric mode. When you create a zone configuration on one switch, the new configuration is not synchronized to the Defined Database. You must save the configuration to synchronize it to the Defined Database. 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role. 2. Enter the cfgSaveActiveToDefined command. switch:admin> cfgsaveactivetodefined You are about to save the Defined zoning configuration. This action will save the effective configuration to the defined configuration. Do you want the Effective zoning to become the Defined zoning? (yes, y, no, n): [no] yes Attempting to save new config to the defined config... 2sw0 Updating flash ... ... [output truncated] ... Attempting to save config to the defined config... 2sw0 Updating flash ... Updating flash ... Frame Redirection in interoperable fabrics Frame Redirection provides a means to redirect traffic flow between a host and a target to virtualization and encryption applications so that those applications can perform without having to reconfigure the host and target. Use this feature if the hosts and targets are not directly attached to M-EOS switches. NOTE For support of Frame Redirection in McDATA Fabric Mode (interopmode 2), M-series products must use M-EOS v9.8 or later. For support of Frame Redirection in McDATA Open Fabric Mode (interopmode 3), M-series products must use M-EOS v9.9 or later. Only the ES-4400, ES-4700, M6140, and Mi10k switches can have devices directly attached that have data encrypted or unencrypted. 302 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53-1001336-01