SAN zone create for Cisco MDS series switch using the CLI commands
We have two new ESXi host that need storage mapping to our Dell Compellent SAN. Each ESXi host is dual port 8Gb HBAs. We have two separate fabric zones (vSAN 20 and vSAN 21). This way in a HA fail-over only one switch needs to be powered on because each ESXi host is mapped to both fabric zones.
Step 1. switch# sh flogi database -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERFACE VSAN FCID PORT NAME NODE NAME -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fc1/1 1 0xde0000 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:05 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:00 fc1/1 1 0xde0002 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:21 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:01 fc1/4 1 0xde0100 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:12 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:00 fc1/4 1 0xde0101 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:23 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:02 fc1/5 1 0xde0900 21:00:00:24:ff:24:8a:f7 20:00:00:24:ff:24:8a:f7 fc1/6 1 0xde0800 21:00:00:24:ff:2d:7f:0f 20:00:00:24:ff:2d:7f:0f fc1/7 1 0xde0500 21:00:00:24:ff:2c:f9:a3 20:00:00:24:ff:2c:f9:a3 fc1/8 1 0xde0400 21:00:00:24:ff:2d:81:9f 20:00:00:24:ff:2d:81:9f fc1/9 1 0xde0600 21:00:00:24:ff:33:6d:f6 20:00:00:24:ff:33:6d:f6
Step 2. Create the FC-Alias For Zone
switch# conf t switch(config)# fcalias name SUN_HBA1 vsan 1 switch(config)# fcalias name SUN_HBA1 vsan 1 member pwwn 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:22 switch(config)# fcalias name Win_HBA1 vsan 1 member pwwn 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:24 switch(config)# end switch# sh fcalias fcalias name SUN_HBA1 vsan 1 pwwn 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:22 fcalias name Win_HBA1 vsan 1 pwwn 50:00:d3:10:00:b0:fd:24
Step 3. Create the zones
switch# conf t switch(config)# zone name WIN_HBA1_VNX_SPA vsan 1 member fcalias WIN_HBA1 member fcalias VNX_SPA switch(config)# zone name SUN_HBA1_VNX_SPA vsan 1 member fcalias SUN_HBA1 member fcalias VNX_SPA switch(config)# end switch# sh fcalias
Step 4. Create the zoneset
switch# conf t switch(config)# zoneset name Cloud_zone vsan 1 member WIN_HBA1_VNX_SPA member SUN_HBA1_VNX_SPA switch(config)# end
Step 5. Activate the zoneset
switch# conf t switch(config)# zoneset activate name Cloud_zone vsan 1
Step 6. Save the configuration
switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config switch(config)# end
Step 7. Validate the zone configuration and show the active zone
switch# show zoneset switch# show zoneset active
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