Configuring Cisco MDS 9124 fiber switch for SAN

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Configuring Cisco MDS 9124 fiber switch for SAN

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:

show flogi database

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:

config t
fcalias name <alias> vsan 1
pwwn <WWN number>
end

Saving switch configuration

To save switch configuration as start-up configuration use:

copy run start

Listing configured aliases

To list configured aliases use:

show fcalias

Creating a zone with two WWN numbers

To create a zone with two WWN numbers use:

config t
zone name <zone-name> vsan 1
  pwwn <WWN-member-1>
  pwwn <WWN-member-2>
end

Listing configured zones

To list configured zones use:

show zone

Creating zoneset

To create a zoneset use:

config t
  zoneset name <zoneset-name> vsan 1
  member <zone-name1>
  ...
  member <zone-namen>
  end

Note that a zoneset can contain large number of zones

Listing zoneset

To list created zonesets use:

show zoneset

Activating zoneset

To activate a zoneset use:

config t
zoneset activate name <zoneset-name> vsan 1

Listing active zoneset

To list active zoneset use:

show zoneset active

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