Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 364)

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Creating a TI zone
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Creating a TI zone
You create and modify TI zones using the zone command. Other zoning commands, such as
zoneCreate, aliCreate, and cfgCreate, cannot be used to manage TI zones.
When you create a TI zone, you can set the state of the zone to activated or deactivated. By default
the zone state is set to activated; however, this does not mean that the zone is activated. After you
create the TI zone, you must enable the current effective configuration to enforce the new TI zone,
which is either activated or deactivated.
Virtual Fabric considerations: Because base fabrics do not contain end devices, they normally do
not have an effective zone configuration. To activate a TI zone in a base fabric, you should create a
“dummy” configuration, as described in
“Creating a TI zone in a base fabric” on page 366.
When you create a TI zone, you can enable or disable failover mode. By default, failover mode is
enabled. If you want to change the failover mode after you create the zone, see
“Modifying TI
zones” on page 367.
If you are creating a TI zone with failover disabled, note the following:
• Ensure that the E_Ports of the TI zone correspond to valid paths; otherwise, the route might be
missing for ports in that TI zone. You can use the topologyShow command to verify the paths.
• Ensure that sufficient non-dedicated paths through the fabric exist for all devices that are not
in a TI zone; otherwise, these devices might become isolated.
See “TI zone failover” on page 346 for information about disabling failover mode.
Use the following procedure to create a TI zone. If you are creating a TI zone in a base fabric, use
the procedure described in
“Creating a TI zone in a base fabric” on page 366.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the zone -- create command:
zone --create -t objtype [-o optlist] name -p "portlist"
Be aware of the ramifications if you create a TI zone with failover mode disabled. See “TI zone
failover” on page 346 for information about disabling failover mode.
3. Perform the following steps if you have any TI zones with failover disabled. If all of your TI zones
are failover-enabled, skip to step 4 .
a. Change the failover option to failover enabled. This is a temporary change to avoid frame
loss during the transition.
zone --add -o f name
b. Enable the zones.
cfgenable "current_effective_configuration"
c. Reset the failover option to failover disabled. Then continue with step 4 .
zone --add -o n name
4. Enter the cfgEnable command to reactivate your current effective configuration and enforce
the TI zones.
cfgenable "current_effective_configuration"