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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-18089-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 27 Z Commands
zone name (configuration mode)
Defaults
Zone attribute is read-only.
Command Modes
Configuration mode.
Command History
Usage Guidelines
Zones are assigned to zone sets, zone sets are then activated from one switch and propagate across the
fabric to all switches. Zones allow security by permitting and denying access between nodes (hosts and
storage).
zone name
commands are issued from the configuration mode. Configure a zone for a VSAN
from the config-zone submode.
Use the
show wwn switch
command to retrieve the sWWN. If you do not provide a sWWN, the software
automatically uses the local sWWN.
Broadcast frames are sent to all Nx ports.
If any NL port attached to an FL port shares a broadcast zone with the source of the
port-number
port-number
Adds a member using the port number of the domain ID portnumber
association.
fcalias
name
Adds a member using the fcalias name.
fcid
fcid-id
Adds a member using the FCID member in the format
0
x
hhhhhh
.
fwwn
fwwn-id
Adds a member using the fabric port WWN in the format
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
.
interface fc
slot
/
port
(Optional) Adds a member using the Fibre Channel interface to a
Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch.
interface bay | ext
port
(Optional) Adds a member using the Fibre Channel interface to a
Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem or to a Cisco Fabric
Switch for IBM BladeCenter . The range is 0 to 48.
swwn
swwn-id
Specifies the switch WWN in the format
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
.
ip-address
ip-address
Adds a member using the IP address.
subnet-mask
Specifies an optional subnet mask.
pwwn
pwwn-id
Adds a member using the port WWN in the format
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
.
symbolic-nodename
identifier
Adds a member using the symbolic node name in the form of a name
or an IP address.
Release
Modification
1.0(2)
This command was introduced.
1.2(1)
Added the
attribute
,
interface
, and
lun
subcommands.
2.0(x)
•
Added the
broadcast
and
qos priority
options to the
attribute
subcommand.
•
Added the
attribute-group
subcommand.
•
Added the
device-alias
aliasname
[
lun
lun-id
] option to the
member
subcommand.
3.1(2)
Added the
interface bay | ext
option to the
member
subcommand.