Cisco Nexus 5000 Series - Changing from Enhanced Zoning to Basic Zoning; Enabling Enhanced Zoning

Changing from Enhanced Zoning to Basic Zoning
Cisco SAN switches allow you to change from enhanced zoning to basic zoning to enable you to downgrade
and upgrade to other Cisco NX-OS releases.
Step 1
Verify that the active and full zone set do not contain any configuration that is specific to the enhanced zoning mode.
Step 2
If such configurations exist, delete them before proceeding with this procedure. If you do not delete the existing
configuration, the switch software automatically removes them.
Step 3
Set the operation mode to basic zoning mode.
Enabling Enhanced Zoning
You can enable enhanced zoning in a VSAN.
By default, the enhanced zoning feature is disabled in all Cisco SAN switches.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
configure terminal
2.
zone mode enhanced vsan vsan-id
3.
no zone mode enhanced vsan vsan-id
DETAILED STEPS
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters global configuration mode.configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
Step 1
Enables enhanced zoning in the specified VSAN.
zone mode enhanced vsan vsan-id
Example:
switch(config)# zone mode enhanced vsan 22
Step 2
Disables enhanced zoning in the specified VSAN.
no zone mode enhanced vsan vsan-id
Example:
switch(config)# no zone mode enhanced vsan 30
Step 3
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
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Configuring and Managing Zones
Enhanced Zoning