I have two brand new Cisco MDS FC switches and am having an issue setting them up. I am following the documentation, but apparently, I am doing something wrong.
This is my current infrastructure:
- 2x Cisco MDS 9132T 32X32G FC
- 5x HP servers connecting via Fibre Channel cards to the switch
- 1x SAN Storage Netapp connecting to the Switch (2 connections here)
My goal is:
- Create 3x VSANs
- 1x For my SAN (just in case in the future I get another one, they'll be separated by VSANs)
- 1x For my DB servers (2 hosts in total)
- 1x for my VMWare stack (3 hosts in total)
- Create Zones
- Permit communication between my SAN and the other hosts.
I thought that by creating VSAN_1, attach host1 and the san to the VSAN, that would allow the SAN to reach out to the host? But that is not happening.
switch1# show zone
zone name Zone1 vsan 2
interface fc1/2 swwn 20:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:a0
interface fc1/5 swwn 20:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:a0
interface fc1/1 swwn 20:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:a0
interface fc1/4 swwn 20:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:a0
interface fc1/3 swwn 20:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:a0
Where:
fc1/2 = 1x hp server
fc1/5 = 1x hp server
fc1/1 = 1x hp server
fc1/3 = san FC 1
fc1/4 = san FC 2
switch1# show zoneset
zoneset name Zoneset1 vsan 2
zone name Zone1 vsan 2
interface fc1/2 swwn 20:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:a0
interface fc1/5 swwn 20:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:a0
interface fc1/1 swwn 20:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:a0
interface fc1/4 swwn 20:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:a0
interface fc1/3 swwn 20:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:a0
switch1# show vsan 2
vsan 2 information
name:HPServers state:active
interoperability mode:default
loadbalancing:src-id/dst-id
operational state:up
switch1# show vsan membership
vsan 2 interfaces:
fc1/1 fc1/2 fc1/5
vsan 4 interfaces:
fc1/4 fc1/3
If that is not the best approach, please share your suggestions.
Thanks!
UPDATE:
I managed to get it working by putting all hosts in the same VSAN. Then creating Zone and Zonesets between the ones I need to communicate with each other.
