Database Merge Guidelines
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
If only some of the switches in the fabrics are running Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(3) or later, and the
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number of zone members exceeds 10,000, you must either reduce the number of zone members in the
fabric or upgrade all switches in both fabrics to Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(3) or later.
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If only some of the switches in the fabrics are running Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(3) or later, and if the
number of zones exceeds 2000, you must either reduce the number of zones in the fabric or upgrade all
switches in both fabrics to Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(3) or later.
Table 23-5
Table 23-5
IVR Fabric 1
NAT enabled
Auto mode on
Conflicting AFID database
Conflicting IVR zone set database
Combined configuration exceeds limits (such as maximum number
of zones or VSANs)
Service group 1
User-configured VSAN topology configuration with conflicts
User-configured VSAN topology configuration without conflicts
If you do not follow these conditions, the merge will fail. The next distribution will forcefully
Caution
synchronize the databases and the activation states in the fabric.
Resolving Database Merge Failures
If a merge failure occurs, use the following commands to display the error conditions:
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Depending on the failure indicated in the show command outputs, you can perform the following:
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The total number of zones across the two fabrics cannot exceed 2000. As of Cisco SAN-OS
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Release 3.0(3), the total number of zones across the two fabrics cannot exceed 8000.
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The total number or zone sets across the two fabrics cannot exceed 32.
describes the results of a CFS merge of two IVR-enabled fabrics under different conditions.
Results of Merging Two IVR-Enabled Fabrics
show ivr merge status
show cfs merge status name ivr
show logging last lines (and look for MERGE failures)
IVR Fabric 2
NAT disabled
Auto mode off
Service group 2
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Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing
After Merge
Merge succeeds and NAT
enabled
Merge succeeds and auto mode
on
Merge fails
Merge succeeds with new zones
created to resolve conflicts
Merge fails
Merge succeeds with service
groups combined
Merge fails
Merge succeeds
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