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CISCO MDS Zoning Quick Reference Guide
Reference guide for performing the Zoning in CISCO MDS Environment by using Command Line Interface.
Diagram-1
In an existing setup, front end ports of VMax3 array(VMAX1234) are connected to 2 separate SAN Switches. FA ports 1D:04 and 2D:04 are connected SWITCH_A and 3D:04 and 4D:04 connected to SWITCH_B for reduncy on the fabric level. Switch ports, where the FA ports are connected in SWITCH_A are part of VSAN 200( Fabric A ) and in SWITCH_B( Fabric B) it is VSAN 400.
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Available Information:
| VSAN Number( Fabric A ) | 200 |
| HBA_1 PWWN | 10:00:00:00:00:00:00:01 |
| FA_1 PWWN | 50:00:00:00:00:00:00:01 |
| FA_2 PWWN | 50:00:00:00:00:00:00:02 |
| VSAN Number( Fabric B ) | 400 |
| HBA_2 PWWN | 10:00:00:00:00:00:00:02 |
| FA_3 PWWN | 50:00:00:00:00:00:00:03 |
| FA_4 PWWN | 50:00:00:00:00:00:00:04 |
Table of contents
Creation of new Zone in active Zoneset
Requirement: Perform Zoning and enable the paths between SERVER001 HBA ports and VMAX1234 FA Ports. Server is physically cabled to the switches: HBAs are conected to switch port FC1/10 in both switches.
Following steps and commands will be executed on Switch_A.
Find the active Zoneset of VSAN 200
Below command will filter out the zoneset name from the active zoneset information.
Switch_A# show zoneset active vsan 200 | include zoneset
zoneset name ZS_PRD_A vsan 200
switch_A#
So we have the active zoneset name : ZS_PRD_A
Create the Zone and add Port WWNs as members
Switch_A# config terminal
Switch_A(config)# zone name Z_SERVER001_HBA1_VMAX1234_FA1_FA2 vsan 200
Switch_A(config-zone)# member pwwn 10:00:00:00:00:00:00:01
Switch_A(config-zone)# member pwwn 50:00:00:00:00:00:00:01
Switch_A(config-zone)# member pwwn 50:00:00:00:00:00:00:02
Switch_A(config-zone)# exit
Switch_A(config)#
Add Zone to the active Zoneset.
Switch_A(config)# zoneset name ZS_PRD_A vsan 200
Switch_A(config-zoneset)# member Z_SERVER001_HBA1_VMAX1234_FA1_FA2
Switch_A(config-zoneset)# exit
Switch_A(config)#
Activate Zoneset and Commit changes.
Switch_A(config)# zoneset activate name ZS_PRD_A vsan 200
Switch_A(config)# zone commit vsan 200
Switch_A(config)# zoneset distribute full vsan 200
Switch_A(config)# copy running-config startup-config
Switch_A(config)# end
Switch_A#
The same steps are repeated for Switch_B too.
Find the active Zoneset of VSAN 400
Switch_B# show zoneset active vsan 400 | include zoneset
zoneset name ZS_PRD_B vsan 400
Switch_B#
Active zoneset name : ZS_PRD_B
Create the Zone and add Port WWNs as members
Switch_B# config terminal
Switch_B(config)# zone name Z_SERVER001_HBA2_VMAX1234_FA3_FA4 vsan 400
Switch_B(config-zone)# member pwwn 10:00:00:00:00:00:00:02
Switch_B(config-zone)# member pwwn 50:00:00:00:00:00:00:03
Switch_B(config-zone)# member pwwn 50:00:00:00:00:00:00:04
Switch_B(config-zone)# exit
Switch_B(config)#
Add Zone to the active Zoneset.
Switch_B(config)# zoneset name ZS_PRD_B vsan 400
Switch_B(config-zoneset)# member Z_SERVER001_HBA2_VMAX1234_FA3_FA4
Switch_B(config-zoneset)# exit
Switch_B(config)#
Activate Zoneset and Commit changes.
Switch_B(config)# zoneset activate name ZS_PRD_B vsan 400
Switch_B(config)# zone commit vsan 400
Switch_B(config)# zoneset distribute full vsan 400
Switch_B(config)# copy running-config startup-config
Switch_B(config)# end
Switch_B#
Bonus Info
If we already added/deleted some Zones to/from the active Zoneset but not commited then following command will show us changes that we made within the current session. This is a good way to verify the changes before commiting.
Switch_B(config)# show zone pending-diff
zoneset name ZS_PRD_B vsan 400
+ member Z_SERVER001_HBA1_VMAX1234_FA1_FA2
+zone name Z_SERVER001_HBA1_VMAX1234_FA1_FA2 vsan 400
+ member pwwn 10:00:00:00:00:00:00:02
+ member pwwn 50:00:00:00:00:00:00:03
+ member pwwn 50:00:00:00:00:00:00:04
Switch_B(config)#
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Removal of existing Zone from active Zoneset
Requirement: As part of server decommission process, the zones related to SERVER001 need to removed from the active zoneset.
Following steps and commands will be executed on Switch_A.
Find the active Zoneset of VSAN 200
Below command will filter out the zoneset name from the active zoneset information.
Switch_A# show zoneset active vsan 200 | include zoneset
zoneset name ZS_PRD_A vsan 200
switch_A#
Active zoneset name : ZS_PRD_A
Remove Zone from the active Zoneset.
Switch_A(config)# zoneset name ZS_PRD_A vsan 200
Switch_A(config-zoneset)# no member Z_SERVER001_HBA1_VMAX1234_FA1_FA2
Switch_A(config-zoneset)# exit
Switch_A(config)#
Activate Zoneset and Commit changes.
Switch_A(config)# zoneset activate name ZS_PRD_A vsan 200
Switch_A(config)# zone commit vsan 200
Switch_A(config)# zoneset distribute full vsan 200
Switch_A(config)# copy running-config startup-config
Switch_A(config)# end
Switch_A#
The same steps are repeated for Switch_B too.
Find the active Zoneset of VSAN 400
Switch_B# show zoneset active vsan 400 | include zoneset
zoneset name ZS_PRD_B vsan 400
Switch_B#
Active zoneset name : ZS_PRD_B
Remove Zone from the active Zoneset.
Switch_B(config)# zoneset name ZS_PRD_B vsan 400
Switch_B(config-zoneset)# no member Z_SERVER001_HBA2_VMAX1234_FA3_FA4
Switch_B(config-zoneset)# exit
Switch_B(config)#
Activate Zoneset and Commit changes.
Switch_B(config)# zoneset activate name ZS_PRD_B vsan 400
Switch_B(config)# zone commit vsan 400
Switch_B(config)# zoneset distribute full vsan 400
Switch_B(config)# copy running-config startup-config
Switch_B(config)# end
Switch_B#
Bonus Info
Even though the zone removed from the active zoneset it will still remain in the zone database. The zone can be fully deleted by below commands.
Switch_B(config)# no zone name Z_SERVER001_HBA2_VMAX1234_FA3_FA4 vsan 400
Switch_B(config)# zone commit vsan 400
Switch_B(config)# end
Switch_B#
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HBA Replacement
Requirement: Existing HBA became faulty and replaced with new one.
This resulted a change in the HBA Port WWN, need to replace old WWPN with new one in the respective Zone.
Old HBA WWPN : 10:00:00:00:00:00:00:02
New HBA WWPN : 10:00:00:00:00:00:00:08
Following steps and commands will be executed on Switch_A.
Find the active Zoneset of VSAN 200
Switch_A# show zoneset active vsan 200 | include zoneset
zoneset name ZS_PRD_A vsan 200
switch_A#
Active zoneset name : ZS_PRD_A
Remove old HBA WWPN from Zone and add new one
Switch_A# config terminal
Switch_A(config)# zone name Z_SERVER001_HBA1_VMAX1234_FA1_FA2 vsan 200
Switch_A(config-zone)# no member pwwn 10:00:00:00:00:00:00:01
Switch_A(config-zone)# member pwwn 10:00:00:00:00:00:00:08
Switch_A(config-zone)# exit
Switch_A(config)#
Activate Zoneset and Commit changes.
Switch_A(config)# zoneset activate name ZS_PRD_A vsan 200
Switch_A(config)# zone commit vsan 200
Switch_A(config)# zoneset distribute full vsan 200
Switch_A(config)# copy running-config startup-config
Switch_A(config)# end
Switch_A#
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