(Optional) Switch Configuration

Huawei SAN Storage Host Connectivity Guide for Windows

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Skip this section if you use direct-attached connections.

The following uses a Brocade switch as an example to explain how to configure switches.

Querying the Switch Model and Version

To query the switch model and version, perform the following steps:

Log in to the Brocade switch from a web page.
1. On the web browser, enter the IP address of the Brocade switch and press Enter.
2. In the Web Tools login dialog box displayed, enter the account and password.
  The default account and password are admin and password.
Web Tools works properly only when Java is installed on the host. Java 1.6 or later is recommended.

On the switch management page that is displayed, click Switch Information.

Figure 5-2 displays example information.

Figure 5-2 Switch information

Major parameters are described as follows:

Fabric OS version indicates the switch version. The interoperability between switches and storage systems varies with the switch version. Use only switches with verified interoperability.
Type is a decimal consisting of an integer and a decimal fraction. The integer indicates the switch model and the decimal fraction indicates the switch template version. You only need to pay attention to the switch model. Table 5-1 describes mapping between switch types and names.
Ethernet IPv4 indicates the switch IP address.
Effective configuration indicates the currently effective configurations. This parameter is critical to subsequent zone configurations. In this example, the currently effective configuration is ss.

Table 5-1 Mapping between switch types and names

Switch Type	Switch Name	Switch Type	Switch Name
1	Brocade 1000 Switch	64	Brocade 5300 Switch
2, 6	Brocade 2800 Switch	66	Brocade 5100 Switch
3	Brocade 2100, 2400 Switches	67	Brocade Encryption Switch
4	Brocade 20x0, 2010, 2040, 2050 Switches	69	Brocade 5410 Blade
5	Brocade 22x0, 2210, 2240, 2250 Switches	70	Brocade 5410 Embedded Switch
7	Brocade 2000 Switch	71	Brocade 300 Switch
9	Brocade 3800 Switch	72	Brocade 5480 Embedded Switch
10	Brocade 12000 Director	73	Brocade 5470 Embedded Switch
12	Brocade 3900 Switch	75	Brocade M5424 Embedded Switch
16	Brocade 3200 Switch	76	Brocade 8000 Switch
17	Brocade 3800VL	77	Brocade DCX-4S Backbone
18	Brocade 3000 Switch	83	Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
21	Brocade 24000 Director	86	Brocade 5450 Embedded Switch
22	Brocade 3016 Switch	87	Brocade 5460 Embedded Switch
26	Brocade 3850 Switch	90	Brocade 8470 Embedded Switch
27	Brocade 3250 Switch	92	Brocade VA-40FC Switch
29	Brocade 4012 Embedded Switch	95	Brocade VDX 6720-24 Data Center Switch
32	Brocade 4100 Switch	96	Brocade VDX 6730-32 Data Center Switch
33	Brocade 3014 Switch	97	Brocade VDX 6720-60 Data Center Switch
34	Brocade 200E Switch	98	Brocade VDX 6730-76 Data Center Switch
37	Brocade 4020 Embedded Switch	108	Dell M8428-k FCoE Embedded Switch
38	Brocade 7420 SAN Router	109	Brocade 6510 Switch
40	Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) Front Domain	116	Brocade VDX 6710 Data Center Switch
41	Fibre Channel Routing, (FCR) Xlate Domain	117	Brocade 6547 Embedded Switch
42	Brocade 48000 Director	118	Brocade 6505 Switch
43	Brocade 4024 Embedded Switch	120	Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone
44	Brocade 4900 Switch	121	Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone
45	Brocade 4016 Embedded Switch	124	Brocade 5430 Switch
46	Brocade 7500 Switch	125	Brocade 5431 Switch
51	Brocade 4018 Embedded Switch	129	Brocade 6548 Switch
55.2	Brocade 7600 Switch	130	Brocade M6505 Switch
58	Brocade 5000 Switch	133	Brocade 6520 Switch
61	Brocade 4424 Embedded Switch	134	Brocade 5432 Switch
62	Brocade DCX Backbone	148	Brocade 7840 Switch

Configuring Zones

Zone configuration is important for Fibre Channel switches. The configurations differ with the switch vendor, model, and version. For details, refer to the configuration guide specific to the switch used in your layout. The following uses the Brocade 6510 switch as an example to explain the zone configuration procedure.

Log in to the Brocade switch on a web browser.
1. On the web browser, enter the IP address of the Brocade switch and press Enter.
  The Web Tools switch login dialog box is displayed.
2. Enter the account and password (admin and password by default) to log in.
Check the port status on the switch.
In normal conditions, port indicators on the switch are steady green after the corresponding ports have been connected to hosts and storage arrays using optical fibers. The example illustrated in Figure 5-3 uses ports 0, 1, 4, and 5.

Figure 5-3 Port status
Go to the Zone Admin page.
Choose Configure > Zone Admin from the main menu of Web Tools.

Figure 5-4 Zone Admin page
Check whether the switch has identified hosts and storage systems.
On the Zone Admin page, click the Zone tab. In Member Selection List, check whether all related ports have been identified, as shown in Figure 5-5.

Figure 5-5 Identified ports

In this example, the hosts use ports 0 and 1, while the storage systems use ports 4 and 5. The display indicates that the switch has correctly identified the devices connected by the four ports.
Create zones.
On the Zone tab page, click New Zone and enter a name (Zone001 in this example). Add port 0 (connecting to port P0 of a host) and port 4 (connecting to controller A of a storage system) to this zone, as shown in Figure 5-6.

Figure 5-6 Creating a zone

Use the same method to create Zone002 to Zone004. Add ports 1 and 5 to Zone0002, ports 0 and 5 to Zone003, and ports 1 and 4 to Zone004.
Add the new zones to the configuration file and activate them.
On the Switch View tab page, identify the effective configuration file, as shown in Figure 5-7.

Figure 5-7 Effective configuration file

On the Zone Admin page, click the Zone Config tab. In the Name drop-down list, choose the effective configuration file New_config.

In Member Selection List, select Zone001 to Zone004 and add them to the configuration file.

Click Save Config to save the configuration and then click Enable Config for the configuration to take effect.

Figure 5-8 shows the configuration on the GUI.

Figure 5-8 Adding zones to the configuration file
Verify that the configuration has taken effect.
On the Name Server tab page, verify that the ports have been added to the zones and the zones have taken effect (marked * in the upper right corner), as shown in Figure 5-9.

Figure 5-9 Verifying the configuration