(Optional) Switch Configuration

Perform the following steps to query the switch model and version:

1. 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.
   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.

2. On the switch management page that is displayed, click Switch 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 switch model mapping.
   • 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 fyc.
   Table 5-1 Mapping between switch types and names

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

Zone configuration is important for Fibre Channel switches. The following uses the Brocade switch as an example to explain the zone configuration procedure.

1. Log in to the Brocade switch on a web browser.
2. 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.

   Figure 5-3 Port status
   

   Each port on a Brocade 4100 has two indicators. The left one indicates the port status and the right one indicates the port rate. In Figure 5-3, all ports are normal and work at 4 Gbit/s.

   If any port is abnormal, verify that the topology modes and rates are consistently configured. Go to the next step only if you verify that all ports are working properly.

3. Choose Manage > Zone Admin from the main menu of Web Tools to navigate to the Zone Admin page.
   Figure 5-4 Navigating to the Zone Admin page
   

4. 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.

   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.

5. 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.

   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.

6. Add the new zones to the configuration file and activate them.

   On the Switch View tab page, identify the effective configuration file.

   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 fyc.

   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 Adding zones to the configuration file
   

7. 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).

   Figure 5-9 Verifying the configuration
   

If a Brocade switch connects to a storage system at a rate of 8 Gbit/s:

• The topology mode of the storage system must be set to switch.
• fill word of ports through which the switch is connected to the storage system must be set to 0. To configure this parameter, run the portcfgfillword <port number> 0 command on the switch.

If a Brocade switch connects to a host at a rate of 8 Gbit/s:

• When the switch is connected to module HP VC 8Gb 20-port FC or HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port, change the switch configuration. For details, see configuration documents.