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StuartA461
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April 30th, 2010 06:00
How does one create Virtual Fabrics on a Brocade SAN Switch with commands?
I recently asked a question about creating Brocade Zones from commands, which was answered.
Now, we have decided to use the new (to me) "Virtual Fabric" capability of the Brocade 5300, similar to Cisco VSANs. I have been poking around the Brocade manuals and can't figure out how to do it.
Does anybody know how to create Virtual Fabrics and then Zones within the Virtual Fabrics on a Brocade 5300?
Allen Ward
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Posted April 30th, 2010 10:00
All the information you need on this is contained in the "Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Administrator's Guide". You can find this by starting at the "Support by Product" page for Connectrix B Series:
https://support.emc.com/products/ConnectrixBrocade.aspx##
Click on the link at the right side for Connectrix Directors and Switches General Reference. This will take you to a page full of links to various documentation. Find the section for your version of FOS and grab the Admin Guide. You should make sure you get the Command Reference Manual as well. That will provide more detail on the actual commands used, but the Admin guide covers everything from concepts to actual implementation.
Allen Ward
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Posted May 25th, 2010 13:00
Not quite as easy as working through the GUI, eh? But it still gets the job done.
Glad you were able to find this.
StuartA461
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Posted May 6th, 2010 09:00
Here's how you do it:
Enable VF:
fosconfig --enable vf
... enter 'y' and then a reboot
Create logical switch:
lscfg --create FabricID
Set context to newly created switch:
setcontext FabricID
Disable to configure (set domain id etc.) and then enable:
switchdisable
configure
switchenable
After that, add ports from the physical switch:
e.g. lscfg --config FabricID -port 8-16
After that, happy zoning