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'''Note that the process and information listed here is very basic and learned from an external installation engineer. This has not been verified from official Cisco documentation or book.'''


==Basic process==
Basic process for configuring a SAN switch is to list the WWN numbers of devices that should be connected with each other. Then create a zone containing the devices. Then assign or add the zone to a active zoneset. At any time only one zoneset is active in a SAN switch. 



==Listing WWN numbers of devices connected on switch ports==

To list WWN numbers of devices connected on switch ports use:
<pre>
show flogi database
</pre>

In the output displayed, the WWN numbers listed in port name column should be used for configuration at various other places.



==Creating alias for a WWN number==

To refer to an WWN number an alias can be created. To create alias use:
<pre>
config t
fcalias name &lt;alias&gt; vsan 1
pwwn &lt;WWN number&gt;
end
</pre>



==Saving switch configuration==

To save switch configuration as start-up configuration use:
<pre>
copy run start
</pre>



==Listing configured aliases==

To list configured aliases use:
<pre>
show fcalias
</pre>



==Creating a zone with fcalias==

To create a zone with fcalias numbers use:
<pre>
config t
zone name &lt;zone-name&gt; vsan 1
  member fcalias &lt;alias-member-1&gt;
  member fcalias &lt;alias-member-2&gt;
end
</pre>
'''Each zone can have many targets from the same storage server as required.  But each zone should have only one initiator.  Even if a server has dual-port HBA or two HBAs, both initiator fcalias should not be part of same zone.  For each initiator even when they belong to same server, a separate zone should be created.'''



==Listing configured zones==

To list configured zones use:
<pre>
show zone
</pre>



==Creating zoneset==

To create a zoneset use:
<pre>
config t
  zoneset name &lt;zoneset-name&gt; vsan 1
  member &lt;zone-name1&gt;
  ...
  member &lt;zone-namen&gt;
  end
</pre>

Note that a zoneset can contain large number of zones



==Listing zoneset==

To list created zonesets use:
<pre>
show zoneset
</pre>



==Activating zoneset==

To activate a zoneset use:
<pre>
config t
zoneset activate name &lt;zoneset-name&gt; vsan 1
</pre>



==Listing active zoneset==

To list active zoneset use:
<pre>
show zoneset active
</pre>




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