SAN Cisco: Fiber Channel Zoning on Cisco MDS Switches with examples

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............................................................................................................................................................................Configure SAN FC zoning in Cisco MDS SAN Switches

Every changes requires configuration mode.

Step 1:

Log into SAN Switch by ssh’ing.

switch# config t

Enters configuration mode.

Step 2:

Create a Zone in a vsan with vsan-id specified

switch(config)# zone name Zone1 vsan 3

switch(config-zone)#

switch(config-zone)# member pwwn 10:00:00:23:45:67:89:ab (Member pwwn, if pwwn is used)

switch(config-zone)# member fwwn 10:01:10:01:10:ab:cd:ef (Member wwn, if wwn is used)

switch(config-zone)# member fcid 0xce00d1 (Member fcid, if fcid is used)

Step 2a. However for management simplicity, it is efficient, creating device-alias or fc-alias is helpful.

Switch#config t

Switch (config)# device-alias database

Switch (Config-dev-alias-database)# device-alias name hostA_portA pwwn 10:00:00:23:45:67:89:ab

Switch (Config-dev-alias-database)# device-alias name stroageA_portA pwwn 10:00:00:23:45:65:89:yy

Switch (Config-dev-alias-database)#dev commit

Switch(Config)# exit

Step 2b. Now add newly created device_alias into zone.

switch(config)# zone name Zone2 vsan 3

switch(config-zone)# member dev-alias hostA_portA

switch(config-zone)# member dev-alias storageA_portA

switch(config-zone)# exit

Step 3: Create Zoneset (if not present) in specific VSAN. IN this example we assume zoneset is  present.

switch# config t

switch(config)# zoneset name Zoneset2 vsan 3

switch(config-zoneset)#

switch(config-zoneset)# member Zone2

switch(config-zoneset)# exit

Step 4: Activate Zoneset to make newly added members active and be able to communicate.

switch# config t

switch(config)# zoneset activate name Zoneset2 vsan 3

Step 5: Save changes made.

switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config

<< If you want to disable entire zoneset, follow below. But Be careful, it will deactivate all exising members that may already in production and is working>>

switch(config)# no zoneset activate name Zoneset1 vsan 3

Few Helpful Display Function within SAN Switch can be found at other blog link here:

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3972111459361070478#editor/target=post;postID=6438659679711440104;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=0;src=postname

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Source: www.cisco.com