Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Zone management in interoperable fabrics
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ATTENTION
Safe zoning mode is only available in fabrics with their interoperable mode set to 2.
With safe zoning enabled, the effective configurations must match exactly. Also, it does not allow the
default zone to be enabled.
To allow a Fabric OS switch into an M-EOS native fabric, safe zoning mode must be disabled. This
allows the Fabric OS switch to join the fabric although the zone sets do not match. After the fabric
merge and zone merge are completed, safe zoning may be re-enabled.
Setting the safe zone mode on a stand-alone switch
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the interopMode command.
switch:admin> interopmode --enable -safezone
safezoning McDATA mode has been enabled
Setting the safe zone mode fabric-wide
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the cfgMcdtMode command.
switch:admin> cfgmcdtmode --enable safezoning
safezoning McDATA mode has been enabled ...
NOTE
The interopMode and cfgMcdtMode commands perform the same basic functions. However,
the interopMode command only affects the local configuration and the command must be issued
on each switch in the fabric. The cfgMcdtMode affects the entire fabric.
Disabling safe zone mode
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the cfgMcdtMode command.
switch:admin> cfgmcdtmode --disable safezoning
safezoning McDATA mode has been disabled ...
Effective zone configuration
An effective zone configuration is a subset of the defined zone configuration, containing only the
zone configuration objects that are currently enabled; only one configuration can be effective at a
time, but multiple configurations can be defined in the database. The effective zone set or zone
configuration must correctly propagate to the other switches in the fabric.
When uploading and downloading configuration files, you must be sure that the file being moved
contains the correct information. After a configuration is committed, any inaccurate parameters
must be manually corrected.