What happens when a zone is not activated?

If zoning is not activated, all devices are members of the default zone. If zoning is activated, any device that is not in an active zone (a zone that is part of an active zone set) is a member of the default zone. Zoning can be administered from any switch in the fabric.

What’s the difference between zone sets and zones?

Zones provide a method for specifying access control, while zone sets are a grouping of zones to enforce access control in the fabric. This section describes zone sets and includes the following topics: Zone sets are configured with the names of the member zones and the VSAN (if the zoneset is in a configured VSAN).

Can a zone be modified in an active zone?

An active zoneset cannot be modified. A zone that is part of an active zoneset is called an active zone. The administrator can modify the full zoneset even if a zoneset with the same name is active. However, the modification will be enforced only upon reactivation.

Can a zone have more than one member?

Note Multiple members can be specified on multiple lines. A zone set consists of one or more zones. A zone can be a member of more than one zone set and consists of multiple zone members. Members in a zone can access each other; members in different zones cannot access each other.

When to use only local settings in security zones?

If the Security Zones: Use only machine settings setting in Group Policy is enabled, or if the Security_HKLM_only DWORD value is present and has a value of 1 in the following registry subkey, only local computer settings are used and all users have the same security settings:

Why are DNS records not showing in DNS zones?

This article lists the causes of the issue where DNS records don’t show in a DNS zone. Successfully registered DNS records are no longer present in a DNS zone. Multiple root causes exist, and they’re listed in the following table: DNS Scavenging is misconfigured.

How to delete a zone from a zoneset?

Firstly we need to know the specific names of the Zones that we intend to delete. To gather the full list of zone members within a Zoneset run show zoneset vsan xx.