Q-Logic 5000 Switch User Manual


 
7 – Zoning Configuration
Saving the Active and Merged Zone Sets
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7.4
Saving the Active and Merged Zone Sets
You can save the active zone set and merged zone set to the non-volatile zoning
database. Enter the Zoning Active Capture to save the active zone set as shown
in the following example:
SANbox (admin) #> zoning active capture
This command will overwrite the configured zoning database in NVRAM.
Please confirm (y/n): [n] y
The active zoning database has been saved.
Enter the Zoning Merged Capture to the save the merged zone set as shown in
the following example:
SANbox (admin) #> zoning merged capture
This command will overwrite the configured zoning database in NVRAM.
Please confirm (y/n): [n] y
The merged zoning database has been saved.
7.5
Resetting the Zoning Database
There are two ways to remove all aliases, zones, and zone sets from the zoning
database:
Enter the Zoning Clear command as shown in the following example:
SANbox #> admin start
SANbox (admin) #> zoning edit
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> zoning clear
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
Enter the Reset Zoning command as shown in the following example. The
zoning configuration values, MergeAutoSave, DefaultZone, and
DiscardInactive remain unchanged. This is the preferred method.
SANbox #> admin start
SANbox (admin) #> reset zoning