Disabling Autozone Automatic Mode; Displaying All The Zone Configurations; Displaying Pending Zone Configurations; Applying Pending Zone Configurations (Manual Mode) - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring and Managing Zones

Disabling Autozone Automatic Mode

To prevent new devices from being zoned automatically and retaining the existing zone configuration, run
this command:
switch# autozone --disable

Displaying All the Zone Configurations

To display the Autozone status, the existing zone and zoneset configuration created by Autozone, and the
zoning configuration that Autozone would create for unzoned devices that are currently logged in to a switch,
run this command:
switch# autozone --show

Displaying Pending Zone Configurations

To display only the zone configuration changes which Autozone configures for unzoned devices before the
Autozone scheduler job is run, run this command:
switch# autozone --showpending

Applying Pending Zone Configurations (Manual Mode)

By default, if the Autozone feature is enabled, the Autozone scheduler job automatically runs every 5 minutes.
However, to optionally force Autozone to run before the end of the 5-minute cycle or to run Autozone without
creating the Autozone scheduler job, run this command:
switch# autozone --update

Deleting Zones and Zoneset Created by Autozone

To delete all the zones and the zoneset created by Autozone on VSAN 1, run this command:
switch# autozone --delete
Note Deleting the zones and zoneset created by Autozone does not disable the Autozone feature. To disable the
Autozone feature, use the autozone --disable command. We recommend that you use the autozone --disable
command before using the autozone --delete command because Autozone reconfigures all the zones again
if it is enabled and the devices are still connected. Optionally, you can use both the options together using the
autozone --disable --delete command.

Example: Configuring Autozone

The following example shows how to enable Autozone. In this mode, all currently logged in devices
are zoned and new logins are automatically added periodically. In this example, a device without a
suitable FC4 type is detected and not included in the zone configuration.
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