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Dell PowerVault 51F Connection Manual

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  • Page 2 Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Computer Corporation is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL E COM logo, and PowerVault are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products.
  • Page 3    This guide is intended for system administrators, field technicians, and hardware and software research engineers who want to use Dell PowerVault 5xF switches to seg- ment their storage area network (SAN) into zones. Chapter 1, “Introduction,” provides a definition and overview of zoning.
  • Page 4 In addition to the documents mentioned above, you may receive the following types of documentation, depending on the system and/or software you ordered from Dell. Operating system documentation is included if you ordered your operating system software from Dell. This documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use your operating system software.
  • Page 5 Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are not intended to be typed when referenced. Example: “Use the format command to ..” In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruc- tion and intended to be typed.
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  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

            Controlling SANs Through Zoning ........1-3             Definition and Requirements for a Zone .
  • Page 8 Zone Enforcement ..........3-5 Multiswitch Fabrics .

  • Page 9: Figure 1-1. A Fabric With Three Zones

    Figure 1-1. A Fabric With Three Zones ....... . 1-2...
  • Page 11            This guide contains information and examples of zoning for the Dell™ PowerVault™ 5xF switches, using commands run through a Telnet interface. One or more PowerVault switches make up a Fibre Channel fabric—an infrastructure that is the backbone for deploying and managing IT resources as a network.
  • Page 12 PowerVault 651F loop 2 red zone PowerEdge 6350      Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide blue zone PowerVault Fibre Channel fabric PowerVault 130T DLT PowerVault 130T DLT PowerVault PowerEdge 4350 PowerEdge 4350 PowerEdge PowerEdge 4350 4350 Compaq 6500 PowerVault 651F...
  • Page 13 A fabric provides fast, reliable, and seamless information access within the SAN. Within that fabric, each zone can include selected storage devices and servers. When the zone is defined, only the devices in the defined zone can access information in that zone.
  • Page 14 Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide...
  • Page 15 A device may be a member of multiple zones. The remainder of this chapter discusses the components that make up a zone. For information about creating and managing zones and configurations, refer to Chapter 3, “Using Zoning.” support.dell.com Zones, Components, and Configurations...

  • Page 16: Zone Members

    The type of zone members used to define a zone may be mixed, like the following: 2,5; 2,7; 10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide specifies port 6 on domain 2. The domain ID is auto-...

  • Page 17: Zone Aliases

    This zone includes any devices connected to domain 2, ports 5 and 7 , and the device with a port name of connected to in the fabric. NOTE: Dell recommends zoning by worldwide name. (  A zone alias is an alphanumeric name for one or more physical fabric port numbers or worldwide names.

  • Page 18: Effective Configuration

    If the compilation fails, the previous configuration remains in effect. If the compilation succeeds, the previous configuration is disabled.                        !    "   ' !          Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide...

  • Page 19: Setting Up Zoned Fabrics

    For more information and examples of the commands themselves, see Chapter 4, “Zoning Commands.”    % ' To create a zoned fabric, perform the following steps: Map out the desired fabric configuration. Define the core aliases. Define the zones. Define the zone configuration and save it. support.dell.com Using Zoning...
  • Page 20 (aliases, zones, or configurations) with the same name, the switches cannot connect—even if none of the defined configurations are enabled. Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide ", "1,10;1,12" adds domain 1, port 10 and...
  • Page 21 This problem can be resolved by rebooting one of the switches with a conflicting domain ID. PowerVault 51F and higher switches run on version 2.0 of the software only. To be compatible with the PowerVault 50F software, these switches must be configured using VC Encoded Address Mode, which limits the switch count in a fabric to 32 and the number of multicast groups to 31.
  • Page 22 & )% '  When two fabrics with zone configuration information are joined, the zoning software attempts to merge the two zone configurations. Dell does not support merging fab- rics. However, Dell does support splitting fabrics. See the following subsection for more information.
  • Page 23 If the ISL is replaced and you have made no changes to the zone configuration in either new fabric, the fabrics will merge back into a single fabric. This is the only type of merging supported by Dell. If you make changes to either zone configuration, the fabrics will act as if they were merged.
  • Page 24 With SNS zoning, a device can still be accessed if a requester knows (by some other means) the WWN of the target. For this reason, the PowerVault 51F switch also supports hardware-enforced zoning when physical fabric port numbers are used to specify zones.

  • Page 25: Zone Alias Commands

    Zone alias commands enable you to manipulate the zone aliases. This section pro- vides details about these types of commands.    The following example shows three instances of the aliCreate command, which creates a new zone alias: support.dell.com Zoning Commands...

  • Page 26: Alidelete

          The members to be removed are found by an exact string match. When removing multiple members, sequence is important. If this command results in all members being removed, the zone alias is deleted. Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide...

  • Page 27: Alishow

    This section discusses zone commands, which allow you to manipulate the zones within a fabric. .   The following example shows three instances of the zoneCreate command, which creates a new zone: .+ The following example shows the zoneDelete command, which deletes an existing zone: support.dell.com Zoning Commands...

  • Page 28: Zoneadd

    The members to be removed are found by an exact string match. Therefore, when removing multiple members, sequence is important. If this command removes all members, the zone is deleted. Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide...

  • Page 29: Zoneshow

    (otherwise all zone configuration information is displayed):     Zone configuration commands allow you to manipulate the zone configurations.    The following example shows the cfgCreate command, which creates a new zone configuration: support.dell.com Zoning Commands...

  • Page 30: Cfgdelete

    The members to be removed are found by an exact string match. When removing multiple members, sequence is important. If this command removes all members, the zone configuration is deleted. Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide...

  • Page 31: Cfgshow

    *) The following example shows the cfgShow command, which displays the specified zone configuration definition if a parameter is given (otherwise, all zone configuration information is displayed): support.dell.com Zoning Commands...

  • Page 32: Configuration Management Commands

    NOTE: Dell recommends saving after you enable and test a configuration. Any unsaved configuration will be lost if the system fails.

  • Page 33: Cfgclear

    If a zone configuration is enabled, it is first disabled. All defined zone objects are then deleted. However, the saved configuration remains in flash memory. To clear the con- figuration from memory, type after and press <Enter>. support.dell.com Zoning Commands...
  • Page 34 4-10 Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide...
  • Page 35 3-3 cautions, vi cfgCreate command, 4-5 cfgDelete command, 4-6 cfgDisable command, 4-8 cfgEnable command, 4-8 cfgRemove command, 4-6 support.dell.com cfgSave command, 4-8 cfgShow command, 4-7 changing a zoned fabric, 3-3 commands configuration management, 4-8 zone, 4-3 zone alias, 4-1...
  • Page 36 4-2 removing from a zone configuration, merging two fabrics, 3-4 modifying a zoned fabric, 3-3 multiswitch fabric, 3-6 Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide naming zones, 2-1 notational conventions, vi notes, vi Physical Fabric port number, 2-2...

  • Page 37: Adding Multiple Items

    2-2 zone alias commands, 4-1 zone configuration commands, 4-5 zoneAdd command, 4-4 zoneCreate command, 4-3 zoneDelete command, 4-3 zoneRemove command, 4-4 support.dell.com zones adding members to, 4-4 adding multiple items to, 3-2 aliases, 2-3 commands, 4-3 creating, 4-3...
  • Page 38 Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide...

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