VirtWorld: July 2020

Below are basic commands for Brocade SAN switches to name ports, create aliases, configure zone, add zone to configuration, enable and save configuration.

In below example SAN is connected to port 0 and 1, ESX host is connectred to port 2

Run switchshow to check wwn on active ports

brocade-01:admin> switchshow

switchName: brocade-01

switchType: 170.0

switchState: Online

switchMode: Native

switchRole: Principal

switchDomain: 5

switchId: fffc05

switchWwn: 10:00:85:36:46:ea:d4:b4

zoning: ON (default)

switchBeacon: OFF

HIF Mode: OFF

Index Port Address Media Speed State Proto

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0 0 050000 id 16G Online FC F-Port 50:0a:09:80:0e:13:be:80

1 1 050100 id 16G Online FC F-Port 10:00:00:10:9b:87:45:f4

2 2 050200 id 16G Online FC F-Port 10:00:00:10:9b:87:45:f4

3 3 050300 id 16G No_Light FC

4 4 050400 id 16G No_Light FC

5 5 050500 id 16G No_Light FC

6 6 050600 id 16G No_Light FC

7 7 050700 id 16G No_Light FC

8 8 050800 id 16G No_Light FC

9 9 050900 id 16G No_Light FC

10 10 050a00 id 16G No_Light FC

11 11 050b00 id 16G No_Light FC

12 12 050c00 id 16G No_Light FC

13 13 050d00 id 16G No_Light FC

14 14 050e00 id 16G No_Light FC

15 15 050f00 id 16G No_Light FC

16 16 051000 id 16G No_Module FC

17 17 051100 id 16G No_Module FC

18 18 051200 id 16G No_Module FC

19 19 051300 id 16G No_Module FC

20 20 051400 id 16G No_Module FC

21 21 051500 id 16G No_Module FC

22 22 051600 id 16G No_Module FC

23 23 051700 id 16G No_Module FC

Run below commands to change name of the ports 0-2

portname 0 -n "SAN_SPA_FC4"

portname 1 -n "SAN_SPB_FC4"

portname 2 -n "ESX_01_HBA"

Run portname to check if port names has been applied corerctly

brocade-01:admin> portname

port 0: SAN_SPA_FC4

port 1: SAN_SPB_FC4

port 2: ESX_01_HBA

port 3: port3

port 4: port4

port 5: port5

port 6: port6

port 7: port7

port 8: port8

port 9: port9

port 10: port10

port 11: port11

port 12: port12

port 13: port13

port 14: port14

port 15: port15

port 16: port16

port 17: port17

port 18: port18

port 19: port19

port 20: port20

port 21: port21

port 22: port22

port 23: port23

Run below commands to create alias for SAN front end ports connected to switch port 0 & 1

alicreate "SAN_FE","21:00:00:34:00:3c:c2:01"

aliadd "SAN_FE", "21:00:00:34:00:3c:c2:02"

Run alishow "SAN_FE" to check if alias for SAN front end ports has been crfeated correctly

brocade-01:admin> alishow SAN_FE

alias: SAN_FE

21:00:00:34:00:3c:c2:01

21:00:00:34:00:3c:c2:02

Run below commands to create zone to allow traffice between SAN and ESX_01, as you can see you can use wwn and/ or alias

zonecreate "ESX_01_to_SAN_FE", "21:00:00:24:ff:3c:c2:39"

zoneadd "ESX_01_to_SAN_FE", "SAN_FE"

Run zoneshow "ESX_01_to_SAN_FE" to check if zone has been created correctly

brocade-01:admin> zoneshow ESX_01_to_SAN_FE

zone: ESX_01_to_SAN_FE

21:00:00:24:ff:3c:c2:39; SAN_FE

Run switchshow to check your active configuration, on our switch it is "default"

brocade-01:admin> switchshow

switchName: brocade-01

switchType: 170.0

switchState: Online

switchMode: Native

switchRole: Principal

switchDomain: 5

switchId: fffc05

switchWwn: 10:00:85:36:46:ea:d4:b4

zoning: ON (default)

switchBeacon: OFF

HIF Mode: OFF

Index Port Address Media Speed State Proto

==================================================

0 0 050000 id 16G Online FC F-Port 50:0a:09:80:0e:13:be:80

1 1 050100 id 16G Online FC F-Port 10:00:00:10:9b:87:45:f4

2 2 050200 id 16G Online FC F-Port 10:00:00:10:9b:87:45:f4

3 3 050300 id 16G No_Light FC

4 4 050400 id 16G No_Light FC

5 5 050500 id 16G No_Light FC

6 6 050600 id 16G No_Light FC

7 7 050700 id 16G No_Light FC

8 8 050800 id 16G No_Light FC

9 9 050900 id 16G No_Light FC

10 10 050a00 id 16G No_Light FC

11 11 050b00 id 16G No_Light FC

12 12 050c00 id 16G No_Light FC

13 13 050d00 id 16G No_Light FC

14 14 050e00 id 16G No_Light FC

15 15 050f00 id 16G No_Light FC

16 16 051000 id 16G No_Module FC

17 17 051100 id 16G No_Module FC

18 18 051200 id 16G No_Module FC

19 19 051300 id 16G No_Module FC

20 20 051400 id 16G No_Module FC

21 21 051500 id 16G No_Module FC

22 22 051600 id 16G No_Module FC

23 23 051700 id 16G No_Module FC

Run below command to add "ESX_01_to_SAN_FE" zone to "default" configuration

cfgadd "default", "ESX_01_to_SAN_FE"

Run below command to check if "ESX_01_to_SAN_FE zone has been succesfuly added to "default" configuration

cfgshow default

Run below command to enable new "default" configuration

cfgenable default

You should run below command to save switch configuration - only on Brocade switches with old FOS

cfgsave

I've decided to create Linux VM with PowerCLI on it to make my VMware scripting easier and portable.

Below is few easy steps to complete the task:

1. Create VM (private or public cloud)/ physical server and install Linux distribution of your choice, I've installed CentOS 8

https://www.centos.org/download/

2. Install PowerShell on your Linux server

You can download PowerShell and find installation instructions here:

https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell

On CentOS 8 you have to download appropriate rpm and then install it with below command:

[virtworld@centos8 ~]$ sudo dnf install powershell-lts-7.0.2-1.centos.8.x86_64.rpm -y

3. On your linux server go to PowerShell prompt by typing "pwsh" command and install PowerCLI as below:

PS /home/virtworld> Find-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

PS /home/virtworld> Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

4. (Optional) For your home lab you may want to disable SSL cert verification to be able to connect to your vCenter Server (as by default uses self-signed cert)

PS /home/virtworld> Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -Confirm:$false

Happy scripting

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