Importing Or Exporting A Zoneset Between Switches - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Troubleshooting Manual

Troubleshooting Zoning Issues
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From this output, you can see the VSAN is isolated due to a zone merge failure:
Step 5 To resolve the isolation problem, do one of the following:
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For instructions about changing the membership of a zone, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family
Configuration Guide.
The following example shows the use of the export command:
Step 6
In this example, the zoneset configuration is correct on switch1, so you would want to discard the zoneset
configuration on switch2. You get the same result by entering the zone import command from switch2.
Step 7 Import the active zoneset for VSAN 99 on interface fc1/8 by entering the following command:
Switch1# zone merge interface fc1/8 import vsan 99
Zoneset export initiated. check zone status
Verify that VSAN 99 is no longer isolated by entering the following command:
Step 8
Switch1# show int fc1/5 trunk v 99
fc1/5 is trunking
If a VSAN does not have an active zoneset, it automatically takes the active zoneset of the other merging
switch. So another way to solve this problem is by deactivating the active zoneset on switch2 by entering
the following command:
no zoneset activate name ZoneSet1 v 99
This removes the active zoneset on switch2, which will then automatically take the active zoneset from
switch1.

Importing or Exporting a Zoneset Between Switches

To import or export a zoneset between switches, follow these steps:
Enter the following command.
Step 1
switch4#
The system output looks like this:
Nov 19 09:28:45 switch4 %LOG_PORT_CHANNEL-5-FOP_CHANGED: port-channel 1: first operational
port changed from none to fc1/14
Nov 19 09:28:55 switch4 %LOG_ZONE-2-ZS_MERGE_FAILED: Zone merge failure, Isolating port
port-channel 1 (VSAN 1)
Enter the following command <<explain why?>>
Step 2
switch4# zone merge int port-channel 1 import vsan 1
The system output looks like this:
Zoneset Import initiated. check zone status
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Change the membership of one of the zones to match the other of the same name.
Discard one of the zonesets completely by either deactivating it, or by overwriting the active zoneset
on one switch using the import or export commands. This method is destructive to one of the active
zonesets.
Vsan 99 is up, FCID is 0x780102
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Switch Fabric Level Issues
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