SAN Switch Cheat Sheet

SAN Switch cheat sheet

M-Series | B-Series | MDS-Series

M-Series

M-Series (Mcdata) switches uses both web and CLI, the table below displays some but not all the CLI commands.

There are several commands that allow you to navigate through the switch "..", "ctrl-U" and "root" .

M-Series (Mcdata) zoning commands are detailed in the below table

Zoning limits

64 zone sets (max) 2000 zones (max) 1024 zones per zone set (max) deafult should all ways be disabled (causes all port to see each other creating ghosts in a FA's login

table)

commadelim Toggle comma-demlimited display mode

config configure settings

login login into CLI with different access rights

maint maintenance settings

perf Performance statistics

reserved reserved for future development

show display attributes

features configure feature settings

ip configure IP settings

logout logout of the CLI

port configure port data

security configure security settings

snmp configure snmp

switch configure switch data

system configure system data

zoning confgiure zoning settings

showactive show actively running zoneSet

clearzone clear WWN's in a zone

deletezone remove zone from running config

activezoneset activation of changes

addzone add a new zone to the working area

addwwnmem add a WWN to a zone

showpending show pending zones

renamezone rename a zone

deletewwn delete a WWN from a zone

renamezoneset rename a zone set

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B-Series

B-Series (Brocade) switches uses both web and CLI, the table below displays some but not all the CLI commands.

B-Series (Brocade) zoning commands are detailed in the below table

B-series creating a zone commands

help prints available commands

switchdisabled disable the switch

switchenable enable the switch

licensehelp license commands

diaghelp diagnostic commands

configure change switch parameters (BB credits, etc)

diagshow POST results since last boot

routehelp routing commands

switchshow display switch show (normally first command to run to obtain switch configuration)

supportshow full detailed switch info

portshow # display port info

nsshow namesever contents

nsallshow NS for full fabric

fabricshow Fabric information

version firmware code revision

reboot full reboot with POST

fastboot reboot without POST

zonecreate (zone) create a zone

zoneshow shows defined and effective zones and configurations

zoneadd adds a member to a zone

zoneremove removes a member from a zone

zonedelete delete a zone

cfgcreate (zoneset) create a zoneset configuration

cfgadd adds a zone to a zone configuration

cfgshow display the zoning information

cfgenable enable a zone set

cfgsave saves defined config to all switches in fabric across reboots

cfgremove removes a zone from a zone configuration

cfgdelete deletes a zone from a zone configuration

cfgclear clears all zoning information (must disable the effective config first)

cfgdisable disables the effective zone set

Creating zone by WWN zonecreate "zone1", "20:00:00:e0:69:40:07:08 ; 50:06:04:82:b8:90:c1:8d"

Create a zone configuration cfgcreate "test_cfg", "zone1 ; zone2"

saving the zone configuration cfgsave (this will save across reboots)

enable the zone configuration cfgenable "test_cfg"

saving the zone configuration cfgsave



MDS-Series

B-Series (Cisco) switches uses both web and CLI, the table below displays some but not all the CLI commands, the ones highlighted will be the ones used most often.

EXEC mode commands:

CONFIG mode commands:

view zoning information zoneshow or cfgshow

attach connect to a specific linecard

bios BIOS related commands

callhome callhome commands

clear reset functions

clock manage the system clock

config enter configuration mode

debug debug functions

discover discover information

exit exit ffrom the submode

fcping Ping a N_Port

fctrace trace a route for a N_Port

load load system image

no disable debugging functions

reload reboot the switch

setup run the basic setup command facility

show display running system information

system system management commands

test test command

write write the current configuration

zone zoning server commands

aaa config aaa

boot configure boot variables

callhome enter the callhome configuration mode

clock configure time and date

fcalias fcalias configuration commands

fcanalyzer configure fabric analyzer

fcc configure FCC congestion control

fcdomain enter the fcdomain configuration mode

fcdroplatency configure switch or network latency

fcflow configure fcflow

fcinterop interop commands

fcns Name server configuration

fcroute configure FC routes

fcs Configure fabric config server

fctimer configure fibre channel timers



There are several commands that allow you to navigate through the switch "cd", "copy", "dir", "find", "mkdir", "move", "rmdir" and "tail".

MDS-series creating a zone

MDS-series common commands

fspf configure fspf

interface select an interface to configure

ip configure IP features

no Negate a command or set its default

ntp NTP configuration

power configure power supply

poweroff power off module in switch

qos Configure priority of FC control frames

radius-server configure radius related parameters

role configure roles

snmp-server configure snmp

span enter SPAN configuration mode

ssh configure ssh parameters

switchname configure systems network name

system system config command

trunk configure switch wide trunk protocol

username configure username information

vsan enter the vsan configuration mode

zone zoning configuration commands

zoneset zoneset configuration commands

create a zone and place it in the vsan # zone name testzone1 vsan 4

add a member (port wwn example) # member pwwn 10:00:00:00:c9:21:40:b8 (port on the host)

add a member (fabric port wwn example) # member fwwn 10:01:10:01:10:ab:cd:ef (port on the switch)

add a member (FCID example - hard zoning) # member fcid 0x7f0000 (24 bit address)

add a member (FC alias example) # member fcalias payroll

display logged in WWN, display vsan information # show flogi database

display the specific vsan logins # show fcns database vsan 4

activatng a zoneset # zoneset activate name zone1 vsan 4

delete a zoneset # clear zone dataabse vsan 4

configure the default zone # zone default-zone permit vsan 4

display zones and zonsets # show zoneset active # show zoneset # show zoneset active vsan 4

copy active zone set to the full zone set # zone copy active-zoneset full-zoneset vsan 4

distribute the full zoning database to others switches # zoneset distribute full vsan 4



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