Configuring zoning on Brocade FC switches

You must assign the switch ports to separate zones to separate controller and storage traffic, with zones for the FC-VI ports and zones for the storage ports.

1. Create the FC-VI zones on each switch: zonecreate "QOSH1_FCVI_1", member;member ...

   In this example a QOS FCVI zone is created containing ports 5,0;5,1;5,4;5,5;7,0;7,1;7,4;7,5:

   Switch_A_1:admin> zonecreate "QOSH1_FCVI_1", "5,0;5,1;5,4;5,5;7,0;7,1;7,4;7,5"
   
2. Configure the storage zone s on each switch.

   You can configure zoning for the fabric from one switch in the fabric. In the example that follows, zoning is configured on Switch_A_1.
   1. Create the storage zone for each switch domain in the switch fabric: zonecreate name, member;member ...

      In this example a storage zone for a FibreBridge 7600N using both FC ports is being created. The zones contains ports 5,2;5,6;7,2;7,6;5,16:

      Switch_A_1:admin> zonecreate "MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC1", "5,2;5,6;7,2;7,6;5,16"
      
      
   2. Create the configuration in the first switch fabric: cfgcreate config_name, zone;zone...

      In this example a configuration with the name CFG_1 and the two zones QOSH1_MC1_FAB_1_FCVI and MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC1 is created

      Switch_A_1:admin> cfgcreate "CFG_1", "QOSH1_MC1_FAB_1_FCVI; MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC1"
      
   3. Add zones to the configuration, if desired: cfgadd config_name zone;zone...
   4. Enable the configuration: cfgenable config_name

      Switch_A_1:admin> cfgenable "CFG_1"
      
   5. Save the configuration: cfgsave

      Switch_A_1:admin> cfgsave
      
   6. Validate the zoning configuration: zone --validate

      Switch_A_1:admin> zone --validate
      Defined configuration:
      cfg: CFG_1 QOSH1_MC1_FAB_1_FCVI ; MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC1
      zone: QOSH1_MC1_FAB_1_FCVI
      5,0;5,1;5,4;5,5;7,0;7,1;7,4;7,5
      zone: MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC1
      5,2;5,6;7,2;7,6;5,16
      Effective configuration:
      cfg: CFG_1
      zone: QOSH1_MC1_FAB_1_FCVI
      5,0
      5,1
      5,4
      5,5
      7,0
      7,1
      7,4
      7,5
      zone: MC1_INIT_GRP_1_SITE_A_STK_GRP_1_TOP_FC1
      5,2
      5,6
      7,2
      7,6
      5,16
      ------------------------------------
      ~ - Invalid configuration
      * - Member does not exist
      # - Invalid usage of broadcast zone