Switch:admin> cfgcreate “Brand_New_CFG”, “Host_HBA1_VNX5400_SPA0 Host_HBA1_VNX5400_SPB1 Host_HBA2_VNX5400_SPA1 Host_HBA2_VNX5400_SPB0”Īdding New Zones to an EXISTING Effictive (Enabled) Configuration If you have an existing configuration that you just want to add additional zones to you will use the cfgadd command.Īdding New Zones to a Brand New Configuration If you are creating a brand new configuration to add your zones you just created then you use the cfgcreate command. (3 is the domain ID of the SW, 11 is the port # of HBA2, 23 is the port # of storage controller B0)Īdding Zones to a new of existing zone configuration is pretty straight forward. (3 is the domain ID of the SW, 11 is the port # of HBA2, 22 is the port # of storage controller A1) (2 is the domain ID of the SW, 10 is the port # of HBA1, 21 is the port # of storage controller B1) (2 is the domain ID of the SW, 10 is the port # of HBA1, 20 is the port # of storage controller A0)
Refer to the beginning paragraph of step #3 to know how to find the Domain ID. Switch:admin> zonecreate “Host_HBA2_VNX5400_SPB0”, “Host_HBA2 VNX5400_SPB0”Ĭreating Zones for Port Zoning (Hard Zoning) When were done that commands are saying Host_HBA1 (orange) can talk to VNX5400_SPA0 & VNX5400_SPB1 and Host_HBA2 (blue) can talk to VNX5400_SPA1 & VNX5400_SPB0.Ĭreating Zones for WWN’s with Aliases (Soft Zoning) This is the part that says only allow these two WWN’s to talk to one another or hosts/devices plugged into specific ports to talk to one another. Now we are going to create zones using the aliases from the WWN’s in step #2 or we are going to add the DID/Port# as members of the zone. Create Zones (Adding the Aliases or Ports as members of a zone) To do that you need to run the following “switchshow” or “fabricshow” command. For Hard Zoning/Port Zoning I like to name the port instead.īefore I get into the example, you’ll need to know the DID or the Domain ID of the switch (THIS IS ONLY FOR HARD ZONING).
When I do “Hard Zoning”, which is zoning by port, I skip this step.
I create aliases for my host and storage WWN’s for when I’m doing “Soft Zoning”, which is zoning host to storage by WWN. Server Name or IP Address : 192.168.38.245ĬonfigUpload complete: All config parameters are uploaded configupload to USB Ok, with all that said, to upload the switch configuration interactively from a switch that is not enabled for Virtual Fabrics: To list the contents of the attached USB device: To enable an attached USB device (type cmd all lowercase): You will need to run a command to enable the USB port on the switch. If FTP is not an option, saving the configuration to a USB flash drive is pretty simple.
If you use FileZilla, just install with the defaults and create a user with a password. You will either need an FTP site to upload to or a USB stick to save the config on.Įither use your companies FTP site or you can run FileZilla Server on your desktop. It will save your job and a lot of cleanup if you have an issue.
Don’t make changes to the switch configuration without having a backup. The most important step is making a backup of the switches existing configuration in case a roll back is needed. Enable the New/Updated Zone Configuration Add Zones to a New or Existing Zone ConfigurationĦ. I can’t think of anyone I know that hasn’t had this problem and needed to resort to CLI to get your job gone.īelow I’m going to cover Step by Step instructions or zoning your Brocade switch when Web Tools and/or Brocade Network Adviser is not available.Ĥ.
Have you ever needed to log into a web application to manage your hardware and the application stopped working cause you update your Java to a version that is now incompatible with the web application.