Introduction:
This Document explains new zone creation for Server to Storage ports on CISCO MDS SAN Switches.
Assumptions:
This document assumes you have a detailed knowledge of SAN Infrastructure and knowledge of
CISCO NX-OS commands. This document is for SAN Infrastructure administrators use only.
Server HBA1 wwn: aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa
Storage FA-1 port wwn: bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb
Active VAN: VSAN 10 (here we want to update configuration of VSAN 10 on MDS switch)
Active zoneset name: ZS_MDS_VSAN10
Zoning Steps:
1. Login to Primary SAN Switch and take configuration backup.
copy running-config tftp://yourftpserver/mdsbackup.txt
Optionally we can also run supportsave command before the activity to save the switch logs.
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2. Create FC alias name for Server HBA wwn and Storage Port wwn.
To create alias for Server HBA
fcalias name SERVER_HBA1 vsan 10
Add server wwn as member of FC alias
member pwwn aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa
To create alias for Storage FA ports
fcalias name STORAGE_FA1 vsan 10
Add storage wwn as member of FC alias
member pwwn bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb:bb
3.Create server to storage port zone on SAN switch and add server/storage port alias in zone.
To create zone
zone name ZONE_SERVER01_STORAGE_FA1 vsan 10
To add server alias as member in newly created zone
member fcalias SERVER_HBA1
To add storage alias as member in newly created zone
member fcalias STORAGE_FA1
4.Check existing active configuration name for required VSAN
show zoneset active
Assume existing active switch configuration name is ZS_MDS_VSAN10
5. Add newly created zone in to exiting Active zoneset configuration of SAN Switch.
zoneset name ZS_MDS_VSAN10 vsan 10
member ZONE_SERVER01_STORAGE_FA1
6. Update and Save the zoneset configuration by below command
zoneset activate name ZS_MDS_VSAN10 vsan 10
7. Check difference between existing configuration and new configuration with below command to confirm that you are adding only required zones.
show zone pending-diff
If difference reflected in above command is correct then commit the changes with below command.
zone commit vsan 10
8. Save the configuration to NVRAM .
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