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Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.1

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Fibre Channel zoning

Fibre Channel (FC) zoning partitions a FC fabric into subsets to restrict unnecessary interactions, improve security, and manage the fabric more effectively. 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 255 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. You can add a maximum of 255 unique members.
  3. Create a zone using the fc zone zone-name command in 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 an active zoneset configuration using the zone default-zone permit command in vfabric CONFIGURATION mode. A default zone advertises a maximum of 255 members in the registered state change notification (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 you do not configure the default-zone action, the switch denies any communication between FC nodes.

To configure the vfabric on FC interfaces, associate a VLAN ID to the vfabric and add an FC map. For more information, see Virtual fabric.

Configure 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 configuration
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
View FC zoneset configuration
OS10(conf-fc-zoneset-set)# show configuration
!
fc zoneset set
 member hba1
 member hba2
OS10# show fc zoneset active

vFabric id: 100
Active Zoneset: set
ZoneName                   ZoneMember
================================================
hba2                    *20:01:00:0e:1e:e8:e4:99 
                         20:35:78:2b:cb:6f:65:57  
                         50:00:d3:10:00:ec:f9:05  
                         50:00:d3:10:00:ec:f9:1b  
                         50:00:d3:10:00:ec:f9:1f 

hba1                     *10:00:00:90:fa:b8:22:19
                         *21:00:00:24:ff:7b:f5:c8 
OS10# show fc zoneset set
ZoneSetName        ZoneName            ZoneMember
==========================================================
set                hba1            21:00:00:24:ff:7b:f5:c8
                                   10:00:00:90:fa:b8:22:19
                                   21:00:00:24:ff:7f:ce:ee
                                   21:00:00:24:ff:7f:ce:ef
                                          
                   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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