In today’s datacenter modernization era, there are still some companies that adopt 3 tier Fabric architecture technology (Compute, FC Network, FC Storage) , in that architecture there are devices that play an important role, namely FC switch / SAN Switch. almost most san switches from various vendors use brocade os, ok let’s learn more
First of all make sure the server is installed os and power on as well as storage, and after that console or ssh to FC switch and do this configuration
View WWPN
#List WWPN On FC Switch1fcswitch1> switchshow
Index Port Address Media Speed State Proto
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0 0 010000 id N16 Online FC F-Port 10:00:00:10:9a:c3:2e:e7
1 1 010100 id N16 Online FC F-Port 10:00:00:10:9a:c3:2e:f3
2 2 010a00 id N16 Online FC F-Port 20:70:00:c0:ff:f1:c4:20
3 3 010b00 id 16G Online FC F-Port 24:70:00:c0:ff:f1:c4:20#List WWPN On FC Switch2fcswitch1> switchshow
Index Port Address Media Speed State Proto
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0 0 010000 id N16 Online FC F-Port 10:00:00:10:9a:c3:2e:e8
1 1 010100 id N16 Online FC F-Port 10:00:00:10:9a:c3:2e:f4
2 2 010a00 id N16 Online FC F-Port 21:70:00:c0:ff:f1:c4:20
3 3 010b00 id 16G Online FC F-Port 25:70:00:c0:ff:f1:c4:20
Create Alias
#On FC Switch 1
alicreate "Server1-1","10:00:00:10:9a:c3:2e:e7"
alicreate "Server2-1","10:00:00:10:9a:c3:2e:f3"
alicreate "STRG-Ctrl-A1","20:70:00:c0:ff:f1:c4:20"
alicreate "STRG-Ctrl-B1","24:70:00:c0:ff:f1:c4:20"#On FC Switch 2
alicreate "Server1-2","10:00:00:10:9a:c3:2e:e8"
alicreate "Server2-2","10:00:00:10:9a:c3:2e:f4"
alicreate "STRG-Ctrl-A2","21:70:00:c0:ff:f1:c4:20"
alicreate "STRG-Ctrl-B2","25:70:00:c0:ff:f1:c4:20"
Create Zoning
#On FC Switch 1
zonecreate "ZONE1","Server1-1;STRG-Ctrl-A1;STRG-Ctrl-B1"
zonecreate "ZONE2","Server2-1;STRG-Ctrl-A1;STRG-Ctrl-B1"#On FC Switch 2
zonecreate "ZONE1","Server1-2;STRG-Ctrl-A2;STRG-Ctrl-B2"
zonecreate "ZONE2","Server2-2;STRG-Ctrl-A2;STRG-Ctrl-B2"
Create CFG
#On FC Switch 1
cfgcreate "cfg-fcswitch1","ZONE1;ZONE2"#On FC Switch 2
cfgcreate "cfg-fcswitch2","ZONE1;ZONE2"
Enable CFG
#On FC Switch 1
cfgenable "cfg-fcswitch1"#On FC Switch 2
cfgenable "cfg-fcswitch2"
Thats all we need to do zoning configuration on brocade os, now you can doit yourself . cheers
