266 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Zone merging
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Switch A does not have a defined
configuration.
Switch B has a defined configuration.
defined: none
effective: none
defined:cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: cfg1
Switch A will absorb the configuration from the
fabric, with cfg1 as the effective configuration.
Switch A and Switch B have the same
defined configuration. Only Switch B
has an effective configuration.
defined: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: none
defined: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: cfg1
Clean merge, with cfg1 as the effective
configuration.
Switch A and Switch B have different
defined configurations. Neither have an
enabled zone configuration.
defined: cfg2
zone2: ali3; ali4
effective: none
defined: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: none
Clean merge. The new configuration will be a
composite of the two.
defined: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
cfg2:
zone2: ali3; ali4
effective: none
Switch A and Switch B have different
defined configurations. Switch B has an
effective configuration.
defined: cfg2
zone2: ali3; ali4
effective: none
defined: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: cfg1
Clean merge. The new configuration will be a
composite of the two, with cfg1 as the
effective configuration.
Switch A does not have a defined
configuration.
Switch B has a defined configuration
and an effective configuration, but the
effective configuration is different from
the defined configuration.
defined: none
effective: none
defined: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
zone2: ali3, ali4
Clean merge. Switch A absorbs the defined
configuration from the fabric, with cfg1 as the
effective configuration.
In this case, however, the effective
configurations for Switch A and Switch B are
different. You should issue a cfgenable from
the switch with the proper effective
configuration.
TABLE 52 Zone merging scenarios: Defined and effective configurations (Continued)
Description Switch A Switch B Expected results
TABLE 53 Zone merging scenarios: Different content
Description Switch A Switch B Expected results
Effective configuration mismatch. defined: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
defined: cfg2
zone2: ali3; ali4
effective: cfg2
zone2: ali3; ali4
Fabric segments due to: Zone Conflict cfg
mismatch
Configuration content mismatch. defined: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: irrelevant
defined: cfg1
zone1: ali3; ali4
effective: irrelevant
Fabric segments due to: Zone Conflict content
mismatch
TABLE 54 Zone merging scenarios: Different names
Description Switch A Switch B Expected results
Same content, different effective cfg
name.
defined: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
defined:cfg2
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: cfg2
zone1: ali1; ali2
Fabric segments due to: Zone Conflict cfg
mismatch
Same content, different zone name. defined: cfg1
zone1: ali1; ali2
effective: irrelevant
defined: cfg1
zone2: ali1; ali2
effective: irrelevant
Fabric segments due to: Zone Conflict content
mismatch