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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring and Managing Zones
Enhanced Zoning
The following example shows how to display fcalias configuration:
switch# show fcalias vsan 1
The following example shows how to display all zones to which a member belongs:
switch# show zone member pwwn 21:00:00:20:37:9c:48:e5
The following example shows how to display the number of control frames exchanged with other
switches:
switch# show zone statistics
The following example shows how to display the active zone set:
switch# show zoneset active
The following example shows how to display the active zones:
switch# show zone active
The following example shows how to display the zone status:
switch# show zone status
Enhanced Zoning
The zoning feature complies with the FC-GS-4 and FC-SW-3 standards. Both standards support the basic
zoning functionalities explained in the previous section and the enhanced zoning functionalities
described in this section.
This section includes the following topics:
• About Enhanced Zoning, page 1-19
• Changing from Basic Zoning to Enhanced Zoning, page 1-19
• Changing from Enhanced Zoning to Basic Zoning, page 1-20
• Enabling Enhanced Zoning, page 1-20
• Modifying the Zone Database, page 1-20
• Releasing Zone Database Locks, page 1-21
• Merging the Database, page 1-22
• Configuring Zone Merge Control Policies, page 1-22
• Default Zone Policies, page 1-23
• Configuring System Default Zoning Settings, page 1-23
• Verifying Enhanced Zone Information, page 1-23