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Zone Configurations
A zone configuration is a group of zones that are enforced whenever that zone
configuration is enabled. A zone can be included in more than one zone
configuration.
To define a zone configuration, specify the list of zones to be included and assign
a zone configuration name. A zone configuration is a set of zones. Zoning may be
disabled at any time. When a zone configuration is in effect, all zones that are
members of that configuration are in effect.
The set of zone configurations defined in a fabric may not be the same as the
configuration that is currently in effect. This may also not be the same as the
configurations saved in the flash memory of the switch. The following four terms
are used to differentiate between these different configurations:
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Defined Configuration: The complete set of all zone objects that have been
defined in the fabric.
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Effective Configuration: A single zone configuration that is currently in
effect. The effective configuration is built when an administrator enables a
specified zone configuration. This configuration is “compiled” by checking
for undefined zone names, zone alias names, or other issues.
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Saved Configuration: A copy of the defined configuration plus the name of
the effective configuration which is saved in flash memory by the
cfgSave
command. There may be differences between the “saved configuration” and
the “defined configuration” if the system administrator has modified any of
the zone definitions and has not saved the configuration.
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Disabled Configuration: The effective configuration that is removed from
flash memory.
On power up, the switch automatically reloads the “saved configuration”, and if a
configuration was in effect when it was saved, the same configuration will be
reinstated with an auto run of the
cfgEnable
command.
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