Brocade SAN Switch Zoning

What is SAN Zoning..?

    SAN zoning is a method of arranging Fibre Channel devices into logical groups over the physical configuration of the fabric.

    SAN zoning may be utilized to implement compartmentalization of data for security purposes.

Each device in a SAN may be placed into multiple zones.

    Before doing the zoning using the GUI mode we have to connect the servers using the FC cables. From SAN Switch port to Server HBA port.

 

Login into the SAN Switch using any browser

Note: Your system should installed with JRE package to get the SAN Switch console

 

Click on Ok

 

You will able to see the SAN Switch Status

Click on Zone Admin

  If you have connected the Device in SAN Switch port Number 2, you will see the WWN Numbers in that port number.

 

 

Create new alias using that WWN Number

 

  

Click on OK

  

Now New Alias for New server has been created.

Best Practice: Always Create a Alias name as server name

Now click on zone tab

 

 

Click on OK

Zone name should be clear to identify

   After successfully creating of zone, Select the created zone name then add both server and Storage alias to it

 Now Click on Zone Config tab

 

Add the New zone (NEW_RDB_DS4700) into existing zone config members 

Click on Save Cofig 

It will ask you for the confirmation Click on Yes

Then Enable the Zoning Configuration by Clicking on Enable Config

 

Then it will ask you for the confirmation do you real want to enable this zone config Click on Yes

Click on logs to verify wheather your zoning successful Or not

Note: Please be careful when adding the zone into the zone configuration. If anything is going wrong the entire Zone will be affected.

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