Cisco Nexus 5000 Series - About Recovering from Link Isolation

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring and Managing Zones
Zone Set Distribution
Use the zoneset distribute vsan vsan-id command in EXEC mode to perform this distribution.
switch# zoneset distribute vsan 2
Zoneset distribution initiated. check zone status
This command only distributes the full zone set information, as it does not save the information to the
startup configuration. You must explicitly enter the copy running-config startup-config command to
save the full zone set information to the startup configuration.
Note The one-time distribution of the full zone set is supported in interop 2 and interop 3 modes, and not in
interop 1 mode.
Use the show zone status vsan vsan-id command to check the status of the one-time zone set distribution
request.
switch# show zone status vsan 3
VSAN: 3 default-zone: permit distribute: active only Interop: 100
mode:basic merge-control:allow
session:none
hard-zoning:enabled
Default zone:
qos:none broadcast:disabled ronly:disabled
Full Zoning Database :
Zonesets:0 Zones:0 Aliases: 0
Active Zoning Database :
Name: nozoneset Zonesets:1 Zones:2
Status: Zoneset distribution completed at 04:01:06 Aug 28 2004
About Recovering from Link Isolation
When two switches in a fabric are merged using a TE or E port, these TE and E ports may become
isolated when the active zone set databases are different between the two switches or fabrics. When a TE
port or an E port become isolated, you can recover that port from its isolated state using one of three
options:
• Import the neighboring switch’s active zone set database and replace the current active zone set (see
Figure 1-5).
• Export the current database to the neighboring switch.
• Manually resolve the conflict by editing the full zone set, activating the corrected zone set, and then
bringing up the link.