CFS and Zone Distribution NX-OS 6.2(1) MDS9500

[ndavis2001]

Hello all!

Ihave a question. My SAN layout is configured of 4 switches (2 remote/2 local).

Fabric A:

Switch1   <-------  DWDM  -------- > Switch 3

Fabric B:

Switch 2 <-------  DWDM ---------> Switch 4

I made a change to the Call Home feature on switch 1, however it sent the contact infor and everything to switch 3. I am not the contact person for switches 3 & 4.

My question is this:  If I turn off CFS, will it interfere with the zoneset distribution?  I need the switches to be aware of the zones in both fabrics.

Any help is appreciated.

Regards,

Nathan

[dakester · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Zoneset distribution does not use CFS.
You may disable cfs callhome distribuiton independently or use CFS Regions.

Enabing Call Home Fabric distribution.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/6_2/configuration/guides/system_management/nx-os/Call.html#wp1094390

About CFS Regions
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/6_2/configuration/guides/system_management/nx-os/cfs.html#wp1449187
Configuriong CFS Regions
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/mds9000/sw/6_2/configuration/guides/system_management/nx-os/cfs.html#wp1355839

Regards,

David

[ndavis2001]

dakester,

Thank you for your response. That ahs definitely helped me. I disabled CFS using your suggestion.  However, when I did I saw that the callhome was still under CFS control (device manager said that CFS was still enabled).  Thus I found the distribute command under the callhome section. I executed the following commands:

conf t

calhome

no distruibute

ctrl-z

That helped me completely remove the callhome feature from CFS control. 

Thank you for putting me onto that path!

Regards,

Nathan