Nexus 5548UP configuration required for Storage

[Ariq Ibne Aziz]

HI, I have 1 nexus switch Cisco 5548UP and 1 Dell storage Compllent SC 4020.

Im a network guy and i have no experience with Nexus.and I have to configure the Nexus for the Dell storage and Dell servers ,I want to know , What configuration i need to configure in the nexus switch so that the Storage works fine.

Here is the diagram :

Router -->Firewall--> Nexus---Storage-->Enclosure

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Dell Servers(3 qnty)

My target: to create Zones for the Server's LUNs(HDD Partitions)

It will be very helpful if any one share the configuration example/scripts for the topics which i need to configure. its urgent.

please you can contact with me @my email: faheb@hotmail.com or ariq.aziz@leads-bd.com for any kind of further queries.

[Walter Dey]

http://www.dasblinkenlichten.com/fcids-wwns-zoning-and-vsans/

http://virtuallymikebrown.com/2013/05/23/cisco-nexus-fibre-channel-configuration-template/

https://supportforums.cisco.com/document/130761/san-zoning-guidelines-nexus

http://callmanager111.blogspot.ch/2013/05/zoning-configuration-of-cisco-nexus.html

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/san_switching/b_Cisco_Nexus_5000_Series_NX-OS_SAN_Switching_Configuration_Guide.pdf

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/configuration/guide/cli/CLIConfigurationGuide/zone.html

[Ariq Ibne Aziz]

Well,, thank you Mr. Walter Dey, I will study these and will let u know if i can succeed on this mission.

By the way, can you give some tips on the following questions ?

1. is there any licensing issue regarding the ports of Nexus switch ?

2. How to understand which port belongs to 10GB FC, 8GB FC ,1GB Ethernet or all ports support all types of modules ?

[Walter Dey]

1. is there any licensing issue regarding the ports of Nexus switch ?

https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/11523361/convert-eth-fc-ports-5548up

2. How to understand which port belongs to 10GB FC, 8GB FC ,1GB Ethernet or all ports support all types of modules ?

see e.g.

https://supportforums.cisco.com/video/11929371/how-configure-fc-and-ethernet-ports-nexus-5500-series

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-5548p-switch/qa_c67-618605.html

[sbhadrav@cisco.com]

As per customer requirement we have to connect SAN STORAGE and Server on Nexus 5548UP switch. So below configuration is required on Nexus 5548UP1) Single zone creation to communicate Storage with Server on single Nexus 5548UP.We have convert the Switch's half port 17 - 32 in FC but we are not able to get PWWN of server as server and storage fc port are coming in initialize mode.

[Kirk J]

I'm guessing you are missing 'feature npiv' maybe?

You have VSANs defined, and assigned to your FC ports?

Are you expecting to use vsan trunking on your interfaces facing hosts? May need feature fport-channel-trunk, etc.

What are your FC port configurations?

What kind of hosts/hba's are you connecting? UCSB, Rack servers, etc...

Assuming you've define a zone with wwpns for the vsan,,zoneset for the zone,, and the zonetset is activated...

Thanks,

Kirk...