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SAN management with Admin Domains 15
1. Connect to the switch and log in as any user type.
2. Enter the ad --select command and the Admin Domain you want to switch to.
3. Leave the new Admin Domain context by exiting from the shell.
logout
You cannot switch to another Admin Domain context from within the shell created by ad
--select. You must first exit the shell, and then issue the ad --select command again.
Example
The following example switches to the AD12 context and back. Note that the prompt changes
to display the Admin Domain.
switch:admin> ad --select 12
switch:AD12:admin> logout
switch:admin>

Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features

The administrative domain feature provides interaction with other Fabric OS features and across
third-party applications. You can manage Admin Domains with Web Tools as well as the CLI. If the
current Admin Domain owns the switch, you can perform Fabric Watch operations.
Admin Domain interactions do not extend to user session tunneling across switches. A user logged
into a switch can control only the local switch ports as specified in the Admin Domain.
When the fabric is in secure mode, the following applies:
There is no support for ACL configuration under each Administrative Domain.
ACL configuration commands are allowed only in AD0 and AD255. None of the policy
configurations are validated with AD membership.
Table 75 lists some of the Fabric OS features and considerations that apply when using Admin
Domains.
TABLE 75 Admin Domain interaction with Fabric OS features
Fabric OS feature Admin Domain interaction
ACLs If no user-defined Admin Domains exist, you can run ACL configuration commands in only
AD0 and AD255. If any user-defined Admin Domains exist, you can run ACL configuration
commands only in AD255.
You cannot use ACL configuration commands or validate ACL policy configurations
against AD membership under each Admin Domain.
Advanced Performance
Monitoring (APM)
All APM-related filter setup and statistics viewing is allowed only if the local switch is part
of the current Admin Domain.
Fabric Watch Fabric Watch configuration operations are allowed only if the local switch is part of the
current Admin Domain.