Deploying SAN Storage

Zone the management and compute hosts to the storage controllers:

1. From a web browser, start Brocade Web Tools by entering the IP address of the switch in the address bar.

If Java issues prevent you from accessing Web Tools from a browser, run the following command from a command prompt:

javaws "http://[your switch ip address]/switchExplorer_installed.html"

2. Create a zone configuration:
   1. Log in to Web Tools with administrator credentials.
   2. Select Configure > Zone Admin.

The Zone Administration window appears, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 5.         Zone Administration screen

3. On the Zone Config tab, click New Zone Config.

A Create New Config dialog box appears

4. Enter a name for the new configuration and click OK.

3. Create aliases for the storage controller front-end FC ports:
   1. On the Alias tab in the Zone Administration window, click New Alias.

A Create New Alias dialog box appears.

2. Enter a name for the new alias, for example, Unity_SPA_P0, and then click OK.
3. Select Member Selection List > Ports & Attached Devices to view the nested elements.
4. Expand the port that contains the WWN for the alias being created, as shown in the following figure.

You can find the WWNs of Unity front-end ports in Unisphere storage management.

Figure 6.         Port with WWN

5. Click the port WWN, and then click the right arrow to add the WWN to the Alias Members list.
6. Repeat steps a through e to create aliases for all storage controller front-end ports.
7. Select Action > Save Config to save your configuration changes.

4. Create aliases for the WWN of the management and compute servers:
   1. In the Zone Administration window, on the Alias tab, click New Alias.

The Create New Alias dialog box appears.

2. Enter a name for the new alias, for example, MGMT_SVR_P1, and then click OK.
3. Select Member Selection List > Ports & Attached Devices to view the nested elements.
4. Expand the port that contains the WWN for the alias being created.
5. Click the port WWN, and then click the right arrow to add the WWN to the Alias Members list.

You can find server HBA WWNs in the iDRAC console hardware inventory.

6. Repeat steps a through e to create aliases for all management and compute server HBAs.
7. Select Action > Save Config to save your configuration changes.

5. Create zones:
   1. In Web Tools, click Configure > Zone Admin.

The Zone Config panel appears, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 7.                        Zone Config panel

2. Click New Zone.
3. Enter a name for the new zone in the field that is provided and click OK.

6. Create aliases:
   1. Select Member Selection List > Aliases to view the nested elements.
   2. In the Member Selection List, select all the aliases of the Unity storage ports and the server WWN to be included in the zone.
   3. Click the right arrow to add the aliases to Zone Members.
   4. Repeat steps 5b through 6c to create zones for all management and compute servers
   5. Select Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes.
7. Enable configuration:
   1. Select the Zone Config tab,.
   2. Under Member Selection List, expand Zones to view the nested elements.
   3. Select all the zones that you created for the management and compute hosts in the preceding steps.
   4. Click the right arrow to move the selected zones in the Member Selection List to Zone Config Members.
   5. Click Save Config to save the configuration.
   6. Click Enable Config and select the name of the zone configuration.
   7. Click OK to enable the zone configuration.