Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide (OL-16597-01, July 2009)

PurposeCommand or Action
Configures deny (default) as the default zoning
policy for new VSANs on the switch.
switch(config)# no system default zone
default-zone permit
Step 3
Enables full zone database distribution as the default
for new VSANs on the switch.
switch(config)# system default zone
distribute full
Step 4
Disables (default) full zone database distribution as
the default for new VSANs on the switch. Only the
active zone database is distributed.
switch(config)# no system default zone
distribute full
Step 5
Verifying Enhanced Zone Information
The following example shows how to display the zone status for a specified VSAN:
switch# show zone status vsan 2
Compacting the Zone Database
You can delete excess zones and compact the zone database for the VSAN.
A merge failure occurs when a switch supports more than 2000 zones per VSAN but its neighbor does
not. Also, zone set activation can fail if the switch has more than 2000 zones per VSAN and not all switches
in the fabric support more than 2000 zones per VSAN.
Note
To delete zones and compact the zone database for a VSAN, perform this task:
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters configuration mode.switch# configuration terminal
Step 1
Deletes a zone to reduce the number of zones to
2000 or fewer.
switch(config)# no zone name zone-name
vsan vsan-id
Step 2
Compacts the zone database for the specified
VSAN to recover the zone ID released when a
zone was deleted.
switch(config)# zone compact vsan
vsan-id
Step 3
Zone and Zone Set Analysis
To better manage the zones and zone sets on your switch, you can display zone and zone set information using
the show zone analysis command.
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Configuring and Managing Zones
Verifying Enhanced Zone Information