Troubleshooting Zones - Case Of End Devices Belonging To The Default Zone; Troubleshooting Zones - Case Of End Devices Belonging To A Specific Zone; Verify Active Zoneset Configuration - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Troubleshooting Manual

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Troubleshooting Zones – Case of end devices belonging to the default zone
The first thing to check when performing zone troubleshooting is whether the storage subsystem port
and the server HBAs have been configured to belong to a specific zone, or whether they belong to the
default zone (any device that is not part of any active zone, it is considered to be part of the default zone).
In case the device does not belong to any zone, check whether the default zone default policy is set to
"permit" on any switch in the fabric for the specific VSAN.
To set the default zone policy to "permit", use the following command:
switch(config)# zone default-zone permit vsan 1
If the server is still not able to see the storage after you have configured the default-zone policy to
"permit" on each switch in the fabric, check the VSAN configuration or the server and storage subsystem
configuration.
Troubleshooting Zones – Case of end devices belonging to a specific zone
If zoning has been configured and the server and storage subsystem having the problem, it is important
to check the correctness of the zoning configuration.
The following configuration steps should be followed in order to have zoning to work properly in the
fabric or in a specific VSAN:
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It is important to verify the information contained in the active zoneset database for a particular VSAN.
The active zoneset database is the only meaningful information for troubleshooting, because the active
zoneset policy is applied to every switch in the fabric.

Verify active zoneset configuration

To verify that the zone has been created in a VSAN, use the show zone active command:
switch# show zone active
If there are configured active zones on the switch, the output of the command should look like:
switch# show zone active
zone name Zone1 vsan 1
pwwn 50:06:0e:80:03:50:5c:03
pwwn 20:00:00:e0:69:a1:b9:fc
zone name Zone2 vsan 1
pwwn 10:00:00:e0:02:21:df:ef
pwwn 20:00:00:e0:69:a1:b9:fc
zone name Zone3 vsan 1
fwwn 20:42:00:05:30:00:63:9e
fwwn 20:43:00:05:30:00:63:9e
OL-5183-02, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3
The zone must be created in a VSAN.
The correct FCID, pwwn, or alias must be added to the Zone in the VSAN.
A zoneset must be created in the VSAN.
The zone must be added to the zoneset in the VSAN.
The zone set must be activated in the VSAN.
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