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Updated:: August 12, 2014

Chapter: Managing SAN Zones and SAN Zonesets

About SAN Zone and Zonesets
Creating a SAN Zone
Adding a Member to a SAN Zone
Deleting a SAN Zone
Creating a SAN Zoneset
Adding a Member to a SAN Zoneset
Deleting a SAN Zoneset

Managing SAN Zones and SAN Zonesets

This chapter contains the following sections:

About SAN Zone and Zonesets
Creating a SAN Zone
Adding a Member to a SAN Zone
Deleting a SAN Zone
Creating a SAN Zoneset
Adding a Member to a SAN Zoneset
Deleting a SAN Zoneset

About SAN Zone and Zonesets

A zone is a collection of ports that can communicate between them over the SAN. It is recommended to define a zone per initiator and target, and deploy multiple small zones, rather than having larger zones defined as they consume more resources. A Zoneset is a collection of zones that define the zoning configuration applied to a VSAN. There can be only one active zoneset per VSAN, but there can be multiple zonesets configured in a switch.

Zoning configuration is based on the following characteristics:

Enhanced Zoning is enabled for automatic full zoneset distribution and synchronization, as well as preventing multiple administrators from modifying a VSAN zoneset at the same time. It is recommended to use enhanced zoning for all configured VSANs in the SAN.
Device-aliases is used to configure zoning, as they are independent of the zoning database and can provide name resolution to applications beyond the zone server.

In Cisco UCS Director, you can configure SAN Zone and Zonesets on the following Cisco network devices:

Cisco Nexus 5000, 5500, and 5672 Series switches
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switches
Cisco MDS 9100 Series switches
Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches
Cisco MDS 9700 Series switches

Creating a SAN Zone

Step 1

On the menu bar, choose Physical > Network.

Step 2

In the Network pane, expand the pod.

Step 3

Select the network device that needs to be configured.

Step 4

Click the SAN Zones tab.

Step 5

Click Create SAN Zone.

Step 6

In the Create SAN Zone dialog box, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Zone Name field	The name of the zone.
VSAN Id field	Click Select. In the Select dialog box, choose a VSAN ID.
Commit San Zone check box	Check this check box to enable the enhanced zoning.
Copy Running configuration to Startup configuration check box	Check the check box to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration.

Step 7

Click Submit.

Adding a Member to a SAN Zone

Step 1

On the menu bar, choose Physical > Network.

Step 2

In the Network pane, expand the pod.

Step 3

Select the network device that needs to be configured.

Step 4

Click the SAN Zones tab.

Step 5

Select the SAN zone to which you want to add a member.

Step 6

Click Add SAN Zone Member.

Step 7

In the Add Member to SAN Zone dialog box, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Zone Name field	The name of the zone.
Type field	Choose one of the following as the member type: pWWN or FCALIAS.
Member field	This field appears on selection of pWWN as the member type. The member that you want to add to the SAN zone.
FCALIAS field	This field appears on selection of FCALIAS as the member type. Click Select and choose one or more FC Aliases.
Commit San Zone check box	Check this check box to enable the enhanced zoning.
Copy Running configuration to Startup configuration check box	Check the check box to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration.

Step 8

Click Submit.

Deleting a SAN Zone

Step 1

On the menu bar, choose Physical > Network.

Step 2

In the Network pane, expand the pod.

Step 3

Select the network device that needs to be configured.

Step 4

Click the SAN Zones tab.

Step 5

Select the SAN zone that you want to delete.

Step 6

Click Delete SAN Zone.

Step 7

In the Delete SAN Zone dialog box, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Zone Name field	The name of the zone.
Commit San Zone check box	Check this check box to enable the enhanced zoning.
Copy Running configuration to Startup configuration check box	Check the check box to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration.

Step 8

Click Submit.

Creating a SAN Zoneset

Step 1

On the menu bar, choose Physical > Network.

Step 2

In the Network pane, expand the pod.

Step 3

Select the network device that needs to be configured.

Step 4

Click the SAN Zonesets tab.

Step 5

Click Create SAN Zone Set.

Step 6

In the Create SAN Zone Set dialog box, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
Zone Set Name field	The name of the SAN zoneset.
VSAN Id field	Click Select. In the Select dialog box, choose a VSAN ID.
Commit San Zone check box	Check this check box to enable the enhanced zoning.
Copy Running configuration to Startup configuration check box	Check the check box to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration.

Step 7

Click Submit.

Adding a Member to a SAN Zoneset

Step 1

On the menu bar, choose Physical > Network.

Step 2

In the Network pane, expand the pod.

Step 3

Select the network device that needs to be configured.

Step 4

Click the SAN Zonesets tab.

Step 5

Select the SAN zoneset to which you want to add a member.

Step 6

Click Add SAN Zone Set Member.

Step 7

In the Add SAN Zone to Set dialog box, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
SAN Zone Set field	The name of the SAN zoneset.
SAN Zone field	Click Select and choose the zone members.
Commit San Zone check box	Check this check box to enable the enhanced zoning.
Copy Running configuration to Startup configuration check box	Check the check box to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration.

Step 8

Click Submit.

Deleting a SAN Zoneset

Step 1

On the menu bar, choose Physical > Network.

Step 2

In the Network pane, expand the pod.

Step 3

Select the network device that needs to be configured.

Step 4

Click the SAN Zonesets tab.

Step 5

Select the SAN zoneset that you want to delete.

Step 6

Click Delete SAN Zone Set.

Step 7

In the Delete SAN Zone Set dialog box, complete the following fields:

Name	Description
SAN Zone Set field	The name of the SAN zoneset.
Commit San Zone check box	Check this check box to enable the enhanced zoning.
Copy Running configuration to Startup configuration check box	Check the check box to copy the running configuration to the startup configuration.

Step 8

Click Submit.

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Cisco UCS Director Network Devices Management Guide, Release 5.0

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Chapter: Managing SAN Zones and SAN Zonesets

Managing SAN Zones and SAN Zonesets

About SAN Zone and Zonesets

Creating a SAN Zone

Adding a Member to a SAN Zone

Deleting a SAN Zone

Creating a SAN Zoneset

Adding a Member to a SAN Zoneset

Deleting a SAN Zoneset

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