Reference Guide

Fibre Channel zoning
Fibre channel (FC) zoning partitions a FC fabric into subsets to restrict unnecessary interactions, improve security, and manage the fabric
more eectively. Create zones and add members to the zone. Identify a member by an FC alias, World Wide Name (WWN), or FC ID. A
zone can have a maximum of 527 unique members. Create zonesets and add the zones to a zoneset. A switch can have multiple zonesets,
but you can activate only one zoneset at a time in a fabric.
1 (Optional) Create an FC alias using the fc alias alias-name command in CONFIGURATION mode. The switch enters Alias
CONFIGURATION mode.
2 Add members to the alias using the member {wwn wwn-ID | fc-id fc-id} command in Alias CONFIGURATION mode.
3 Create a zone using the fc zone zone-name command in the CONFIGURATION mode. The switch enters Zone
CONFIGURATION mode.
4 Add members to the zone with the member {alias-name alias-name | wwn wwn-ID | fc-id fc-id} command in
Zone CONFIGURATION mode.
5 Create a zoneset using the fc zoneset zoneset-name command in CONFIGURATION mode. The switch enters Zoneset
CONFIGURATION mode.
6 Add the existing zones to the zoneset with the member zone-name command in Zoneset CONFIGURATION mode.
7 Activate the zoneset using the zoneset activate zoneset-name command in vfabric CONFIGURATION mode. The members
in the zoneset become active.
8 Allow access between all the logged-in FC nodes in the absence of active zoneset conguration using the zone default-zone
permit
command in vfabric CONFIGURATION mode. A default zone advertises a maximum of 527 members in the registered state
change notication (RSCN) message.
NOTE
: The default-zone allows or denies access to the FC nodes when an active zoneset is not available. When the
default-zone action is set to permit, the switch allows communication between all the possible pairs of FC nodes. When
the default-zone action is not congured, the switch denies any communication between FC nodes.
Congure FC zoning
OS10(config)# fc zone hba1
OS10(config-fc-zone-hba1)# member wwn 10:00:00:90:fa:b8:22:19
OS10(config-fc-zone-hba1)# member wwn 21:00:00:24:ff:7b:f5:c8
OS10(config-fc-zone-hba1)# exit
OS10(config)# fc zoneset set
OS10(conf-fc-zoneset-set)# member hba1
OS10(conf-fc-zoneset-set)# exit
OS10(config)# vfabric 100
OS10(conf-vfabric-100)# zoneset activate set
OS10(conf-vfabric-100)# zone default-zone permit
View FC zone conguration
OS10(config-fc-zone-hba1)# show configuration
!
fc zone hba1
member wwn 21:00:00:24:ff:7b:f5:c8
member wwn 10:00:00:90:fa:b8:22:19
OS10# show fc zone
Zone Name Zone Member
=================================================
hba1 21:00:00:24:ff:7b:f5:c8
10:00:00:90:fa:b8:22:19
hba2 20:01:00:0e:1e:e8:e4:99
50:00:d3:10:00:ec:f9:1b
50:00:d3:10:00:ec:f9:05
50:00:d3:10:00:ec:f9:1f
20:35:78:2b:cb:6f:65:57
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