Managing the Zoning Configuration
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7700 Flash Storage Platform Installation Guide 7.6.3.x
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Transferring the Zone Configuration to FC Switches
Use the Fibre Channel zone configuration gathered by Symphony, and transfer this into the
Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switches that are part of your 7700 Flash Storage Platform system.
To download the current Fibre Channel zone configuration to your FC switches, do the following:
1.
Select
Manage > Devices
.
2.
In the left panel under
Manage Devices
, select a 7700 FSP system, and in the main window,
click the
Zone Config
tab.
Fibre Channel zone configuration is automatically generated from the FC initiator HBAs on the
7700 FSP Controllers to the FC target HBAs on storage shelves in the 7700 FSP.
In this example 7700 FSP configuration, there are two 7700 FSP Controllers and a single 7000
Series FSP, with the Fibre Channel zone configuration including the following command entries:
— "alicreate": command creates aliases for each WWPN target or initiator for the cluster (for
7700 FSP Controller A and B, and for every 7000 Series FSP or 6000 Series MG-A and
MG-B).
— "zonecreate": command creates a one-to-many zone for each initiator for every target.
— "cfgcreate": command creates the zone configuration.
— "cfgadd": command adds the Fibre Channel zones to the configuration.
3.
(Optional) Type a unique name for the Fibre Channel zone configuration in the
Zone
Configuration Name
field and click
Generate
to generate it.
Note:
When naming a switch zone configuration with Brocade 6510 switches, do not start
zone names with numeric characters (prepend zone names with alphabetic characters only).
4.
To transfer the Fibre Channel zone configuration, select and highlight the lines in the ZONE
CONFIG window, and right-click to
Copy
.
One option is to save the Fibre Channel zone configuration to a text editor as a file that allows
you to review, modify attributes, or save this file before transferring it to the FC switches. Both
FC switches use the exact same zone configuration for consistency and reliability.
5.
Start an SSH session (using PuTTY or a similar program) using the IP address of the first
6510 Brocade Fibre Channel switches.
FC7700-switch-a:root>
