Brocade Zoning using CLI

It is quite simple to do zoning using CLI in Brocade switches.


The commands associated with zoning are as follows


alicreate
zonecreate
cfgadd
cfgsave
cfgenable

1,login as: admin

2,Create alias for the curresponding WWN. Make sure alias name start with letter a-z or A-Z

switch10:admin> alicreate "solprod06","50:06:0e:80:04:ea:db:00"
switch10:admin> alicreate "stopro01","10:00:00:00:c9:4a:87:30"

3,create zone for the selected devices

Usage: zonecreate "arg1", "arg2"
zonecreate "zonename", "member[; member...]"

switch10:admin> zonecreate "solpod_storage","solprod06; stopro01"

4, Add new zone to existing configuration.

To find the current configuration, run "cfgshow" command,
switch10:admin> cfgshow
Defined configuration:
cfg: prodcon

USAGE:- cfgadd "cfgName", "member[; member]"

switch10:admin> cfgadd "prodcon", "solpod_storage"

5, Save the changes to memory.

switch10:admin> cfgsave


You are about to save the Defined zoning configuration.
This action will only save the changes on Defined
configuration.Any changes made on the Effective configuration will not
take effect until it is re-enabled.
Do you want to save Defined zoning configuration only?
(yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Updating flash ...

6, Enable the configuration

switch10:admin> cfgEnable "prodcon"


You are about to enable a new zoning configuration.
This action will replace the old zoning configuration
with the current configuration selected.
Do you want to enable 'prodcon' configuration
(yes, y, no, n): [no] y
zone config "prodcon" is in effect
Updating flash ...

7, verify the zone using "cfgshow" command. new firmware supports "grep" ,so it is easy to find the changes.


Hope this is helpful.