Pushing Zonesets using CLI

Create Aliases

1.Conf T
2.Fcalias name [SERVER_NAME_HBAx] vsan [XX]
3.Member pwwn [world wide name]
4.Exit
5.end

Create Zones

1.Conf t
2.Zone name [ZNE_SERVER_STORAGE] vsan [XX]
3.Member Fcalias [SERVER_NAME]
4.Member Fcalias [STORAGE_NAME]
5.Exit

Add Zone to Active Zoneset

1.Zoneset name set[XX] vsan [XX]
2.Member [ZNE_SERVER_STORAGE]
3.End

Activate Zoneset

1.Conf t
2.Zoneset activate name set[XX] vsan [XX]

Can this be set up as the default, so each new zoneset activation, alias change/addition or zone change/addition is distributed automatically ?

And how to distribute a zoneset to all other switches ? Or can you enable this being the default (such as in Brocade) ?

conf t
zoneset distribute full vsan XX

It can but I cannot remember the commands to set this parameter.

And in the GUI ?
I wonder why on Earth you wouldn't want such a change distributed to all other switches.

You might also consider using device aliases instead of fcaliases. The fcalias is specific to each vsan, but the device-alias is available to all the vsans on the switch. You create them using the device-alias database:

conf t
device-alias database
device-alias name pwwn
device-alias commit

If you turn on enhanced zones, I'm thinking that may happen automatically...

Will try
Thank you

When I first started working on the MDS, I did everything via the CLI. My background is in Cisco IP networking, so it was natural. Once I gave Fabric Manager a try, I was hooked. My favorite thing about fabric manager is how you can preview the zone changes before applying them. This has saved me a couple times when the activation would have deleted a zone I wanted in there.

The other reason I like it is because one time I had a typo when activating a zoneset. If you accidentally mistype the zone name or the VSAN number (assuming you type in a valid name or number) you can activate the wrong zoneset on the wrong VSAN. Generally this is a very bad thing.

By using the FM GUI, I protect myself from that very dangerous typo and get to preview the changes. I still use the CLI for certain tasks, but I'm sold on FM for zoning changes.