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DCMDS

Implementing
Cisco MDS
Version 2.0

Fast Lane LAB Guide

Version 2.0.3 (for MDS SuperPod)

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ATTENTION
The Information contained in this guide is i ntended for training purposes only. This guide contains information and activities that, while beneficial for
purposes of training in a close, non-production environment, can result in downtime or other severe consequences and therefore are not intended as a
reference guide. This guide is not a technical reference and should not, under any circumstances be used in a production environment. Customers
should refer to the published specifications applicable to specific products for technical information. The information in this guide is distributed AS
IS, and the use of t his information or implementation of any recommendations or techniques herein is a c ustomer’s responsibility.

© 2014 Fast Lane GmbH. All rights reserved.

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arising from the use of products or materials described herein, except as expressly agreed to in writing by Fast Lane. The use or purchase of this
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Overview
This guide presents the instructions and other information concerning the lab activities for this
course. You can find the solutions in the lab activity Answer Key.

Outline
This guide includes these activities:

! Lab 2-1: Initial Setup

! Lab 2-2: Upgrading Switch Software
! Lab 2-3: Installing Cisco Prime DCNM-SAN 6.2
! Lab 3-1: Configuring Interfaces
! Lab 3-2: Configuring PortChannels
! Lab 3-3: Configuring Cisco NPV and NPIV
! Lab 3-4: VSANs, Domain Management and FCIDs
! Lab 3-5: Distributed Device Aliases with Cisco Fabric Services
!
Lab 3-6: Configuring Zones

! Lab 4-1: Configuring Cisco DMM
! Lab 6-1: Configuring AAA Services
! Lab 6-2: Implementing Port and Fabric Security
! Lab 7-1: Implementing an FCIP Tunnel
! Lab 7-2: Configuring FCIP High Availability
! Lab 7-3: Implementing IVR for SAN Extension
! Lab 7-4: Tuning FCIP Performance
!
Optional Lab: Using SPAN and the PAA-2

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DCMDS .................................................................................................................................1

Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Outline .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Lab Information.......................................................................................................................... 8
Lab Topology (one Sub-Pod for 2 Students) ........................................................................................ 8
Usernames and passwords .................................................................................................................. 9
IP addressing ..................................................................................................................................... 10
Lab 0: the FastLane Remote Lab............................................................................................ 11
Task 1: FastLane remote lab login ..................................................................................................... 11
Task 2: FastLane remote lab device management ............................................................................ 12
Task 3: FastLane remote device access ............................................................................................ 13
Lab 2-1: Initial Setup ................................................................................................................ 14
Activity Objective ................................................................................................................................ 14
Visual Objective .................................................................................................................................. 14
Required Resources ........................................................................................................................... 14
Command List .................................................................................................................................... 15
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration .............................................................................. 16
Task 2: Examine the MDS Environment ............................................................................................ 21
Lab 2-2: Upgrading Switch Software ..................................................................................... 27

Activity
Required Objective
Resources................................................................................................................................ 27
........................................................................................................................... 27
Command List .................................................................................................................................... 28
Task 1: Troubleshoot Software Version Conflicts .............................................................................. 29
Task 2: Troubleshoot the Boot Process ............................................................................................. 34
Task 3: Upgrade Switch Software ...................................................................................................... 44
Task 3: Cleanup ................................................................................................................................. 49
Lab 2-3: Install Cisco Prime DCNM 6.2 .................................................................................. 50
Activity Objective ................................................................................................................................ 50
Task 1: Install Cisco DCNM SAN ....................................................................................................... 51
Lab 3-1: Configuring Interfaces .............................................................................................. 63
Activity Objective ................................................................................................................................ 63

Visual Objective
Required ..................................................................................................................................
Resources 64
........................................................................................................................... 63
Command List .................................................................................................................................... 64
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration .............................................................................. 65
Task 2: Configure Fx_Ports ................................................................................................................ 67
Task 3: Configure E_Ports ................................................................................................................. 70
Task 4: Configure E and TE Ports ...................................................................................................... 73
Task 5: Connecting to a 9710 director ............................................................................................... 81
Task 6: Display the FLOGI and FCNS Databases ........................................................................... 107
Task 6: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 109
Lab 3-2: Configuring PortChannels ..................................................................................... 111
Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 111
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 111
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 112
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 112
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 114
Task 2: Manually Create a PortChannel .......................................................................................... 121
Task 3: Use the PortChannel Wizard ............................................................................................... 127
Task 4: Demonstrate the Benefit of Port Channeling with FSPF ..................................................... 131
Task 5: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 135

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Lab 3-3: Configuring Cisco NPV and NPIV .......................................................................... 139

Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 139
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 139
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 139
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 140
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 141
Task 2: Configure NPV ..................................................................................................................... 143
Task 3: Verify NPIV .......................................................................................................................... 145
Task 4: Display the FLOGI and FCNS Databases with NPV ........................................................... 150

Task
Task 5:
6: Configure Trunking F-port PortChannel............................................................................... 152
Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 158
Lab 3-4: VSANs, Domain Management and FCIDs ............................................................. 160
Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 160
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 160
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 161
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 161
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 162
Task 2: Create VSANs and Implement Redundant Fabrics ............................................................. 165
Task 3: Understand the Isolated VSAN ............................................................................................ 171
Task 4: Configure Domain IDs ......................................................................................................... 174
Task 3: Purging Persistent FCIDs .................................................................................................... 183
Task 4: Configure Static FCIDs ........................................................................................................ 185
Task 5: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 187

Lab 3-5: Distributed Device Aliases with Cisco Fabric Services ...................................... 190
Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 190
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 190
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 190
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 191
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 192
Task 2: Configure, Merge, and Distribute Device Aliases ................................................................ 195
Task 3: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 202
Lab 3-6: Configuring Zones .................................................................................................. 203
Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 203
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 203

Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 206

Command List .................................................................................................................................. 204

Task 2: Create Device Aliases ......................................................................................................... 213

Task 3: Create Zones and Zone Sets............................................................................................... 217
Task 4: Activate Zonesets ................................................................................................................ 222
Task 5: Using a FC disk ................................................................................................................... 227
Task 6: Configure Active Zoneset Distribution ................................................................................. 229
Task 7: Configure Full Zoneset Distribution ..................................................................................... 233
Task 8: Merge Zones ........................................................................................................................ 234
Task 9: Manage Zone Sets .............................................................................................................. 238
Task 10: Configure Smart Zoning ..................................................................................................... 243
Task 11: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................. 246
Lab 4-1: Configuring Cisco DMM ......................................................................................... 250
Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 250

Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 250
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 251
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 251
Task 1: Setup ................................................................................................................................... 252
Task 2: Verify the DMM Feature....................................................................................................... 259
Task 3: Preconfiguration for DMM .................................................................................................... 263
Task 4: Configure DMM for a Data Mobility Job ............................................................................... 267
Task 5: Run a Cisco DMM Job ......................................................................................................... 273
Task 6: Terminate and Delete a Data Mobility Job ........................................................................... 276
Task 7: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 277

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Lab 6-1: Configuring AAA Services ..................................................................................... 281

Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 281
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 281
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 282
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 282
Task Overview .................................................................................................................................. 282
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 283
Task 2: Configure a RADIUS Server ................................................................................................ 285
Task 3: Configure RADIUS AAA Services on the Cisco MDS 9000 ................................................ 305

Task
Task 4:
5: Configure AAA Server Monitoring ....................................................................................... 311
Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 313
Lab 6-2: Implementing Port and Fabric Security ................................................................ 314
Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 314
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 314
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 314
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 315
Task Overview .................................................................................................................................. 315
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 316
Task 2: Configure Port Security ....................................................................................................... 318
Task 3: Configure Fabric Binding for Fibre Channel VSANs ............................................................ 326
Task 4: Implement DH-CHAP .......................................................................................................... 331
Task 5: Create IP Access Lists ........................................................................................................ 341
Task 6: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 344

Lab 7-1: Implementing an FCIP Tunnel................................................................................ 348
Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 348
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 348
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 350
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 351
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 352
Task 2: Configure Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces ................................................................................. 360
Task 3: Configure an FCIP Profile.................................................................................................... 364
Task 4: Create an FCIP Tunnel........................................................................................................ 368
Task 5: Implement Zoning ................................................................................................................ 372
Task 6: Create and Test a File System ............................................................................................ 376
Task 7: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 379
Lab 7-2: Configuring FCIP High Availability........................................................................ 384
Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 384
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 384
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 384
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 385
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 386
Task 2: Configure a FCIP Tunnel ..................................................................................................... 393
Task 3: Create an FCIP PortChannel............................................................................................... 398
Task 4: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 401
Lab 7-3: Implementing IVR for SAN Extension ................................................................... 406
Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 406
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 406
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 406

Command List .................................................................................................................................. 407
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 409
Task 2: Create an FCIP Tunnels and Aggregate the FCIP Link into a PortChannel........................ 416
Task 3: Configure IVR ...................................................................................................................... 423
Task 4: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 434

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Lab 7-4: Tuning FCIP Performance ...................................................................................... 439

Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 439
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 439
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 439
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 440
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 442
Task 2: Configure the FCIP Tunnel and Tune Down TCP Parameters ............................................ 445
Task 3: Document Performance Measurements .............................................................................. 450
Task 4: Tune TCP Parameters ......................................................................................................... 458

Task 4: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 463
Optional Lab: Using SPAN and the Cisco Port Analyzer Adapter .................................... 467
Activity Objective .............................................................................................................................. 467
Visual Objective ................................................................................................................................ 467
Required Resources ......................................................................................................................... 468
Command List .................................................................................................................................. 468
Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 469
Task 2: Configure SPAN Ports ......................................................................................................... 471
Task 3: Create a SPAN Session ...................................................................................................... 474
Task 4: Viewing Captured Traffic ..................................................................................................... 478
Task 5 (optional): Analyze Fibre Channel Traffic ............................................................................. 481
Task 6: Cleanup ............................................................................................................................... 483

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Lab Information
The lab consists of EIGHT MDS9148 switches, two per Pod implementing two fabrics and
TWO shared MDS9222i switches as the shared core of the lab.
Please always keep in mind the 9222i are SHARED, DO NOT use any port not belonging to
your pod. DO NOT change the configuration of the 9222i. If you want to play around use your
9148 pod switches. Ask your instructor if you want to change something on the shared core.

Lab Topology (one Sub-Pod for 2 Students)

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Usernames and passwords

User Password

Remote lab login _ _

Server1 administrator 1234QWer

Server2 administrator 1234QWer
MDS9222i-A admin 1234QWer
MDS9222i-B admin 1234QWer
Pod#-MDS9148-X-A admin 1234QWer
Pod#-MDS9148-X-B admin 1234QWer
MDS9710 student 1234QWer

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IP addressing
MDS9222i-A mgmt0 10.0.1.1
MDS9222i-B mgmt0 10.0.1.2

Pod1-MDS9148-A 10.0.1.11
Pod1-MDS9148-B 10.0.1.12
Pod1-Server-A 10.0.1.111
Pod1-Server-B 10.0.1.112

Pod2-MDS9148-A 10.0.1.21
Pod2-MDS9148-B 10.0.1.22
Pod2-Server-A 10.0.1.121
Pod2-Server-B 10.0.1.122

Pod3-MDS9148-A 10.0.1.31
Pod3-MDS9148-B 10.0.1.32
Pod3-Server-A 10.0.1.131
Pod3-Server-B 10.0.1.132

Pod4-MDS9148-A 10.0.1.41
Pod4-MDS9148-B 10.0.1.42
Pod4-Server-A 10.0.1.141
Pod4-Server-B 10.0.1.142

MDS9710 10.10.10.250

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Lab 0: the FastLane Remote Lab

Task 1: FastLane remote lab login

Step 1 Open your browser and connect to the remote lab at http://remotelabs.flane.de

Step 2 You can use the “ System Check” menu item on the left menu if you never used the FastLane
remote labs before and want to check your browser and PC settings and/or if you use your own PC.

Step 3 Click “log in” on the upper right corner (or the “login student” hyperlink)

Step 4 Login with your username and password (supplied by your instructor)

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Task 2: FastLane remote lab device management

Step 1 Click on “Device Management” on the left hand lab menu and notice you can clear the lines of the
terminal server.

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Task 3: FastLane remote device access

Step 1 Click at your Pod# on the upper left menu to get access to your devices

Step 2 Click on the blue Server Icon to bring up the student desktop.

Note This may require an NX plugin to be installed and a working java runtime.

Step 3 Click on the MDS 9148 to open a console line to your MDS switch.

Note This requires a working java runtime. Please read all Java security messages before
clicking!

Tip If you are using your own PC and you want to get rid of the installed software after you are
done with all labs: the FAQ in the left hand menu has all information.

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Lab 2-1: Initial Setup

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Ob jective
In this activity, you will perform the initial switch configuration process so that the switch can
be accessed from the management network. After completing this activity, you will be able to
meet these objectives:
! Use the CLI to complete the initial switch configuration process

Visual Objective
The figure illustrates what you will accomplish in this activity.

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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment that are required to complete this exercise:
! Four Cisco MDS 9000 Series Fibre Channel switches
! Two Windows Server hosts with a Fibre Channel HBA
! One JBOD with at least two disks

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Command List
The table describes the commands that are used in this activity.

Command Description

write erase Erases the switch startup configuration

reload Reboots the switch

show environment temp Displays the temperature sensors

show environment power Displays the power usage and availability

show module Displays MDS switch modules

show inventory Displays a list of switch components

show hardware Displays MDS hardware components

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If you are working in teams within a pod, one student will configure Fabric A / MDS9148-A
and the other student will configure Fabric B / MDS9148-B. If you are working alone,
configuring only one Fabric is ok in this lab.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on both MDS switches:
Step 1 Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by
clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin
Password: 1234QWer

Step 2 Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR
THE CORE 9222i!!! .
# write erase

The following message is displayed:

Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Type y to proceed.
Step 3 Reboot the switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.
Step 4 After the switch reboots, it will automatically launch the setup process. Answer the
questions according to the following example, replacing your pod number and
switch ID where appropriate.
---- System Admin Account Setup ----

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

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Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): y

Create another login account (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-only SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-write SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Enter the switch name: Pod#-MDS9148-Y (where # is your pod number and Y is the
switch ID; for example: POD#-MDS9148-A )
Continue with Out-of-band (mgmt0) management configuration? (yes/no)
[y]: <Enter>
Mgmt0 IPv4 address : <10.0.1.PN >
(where P is your Pod# and N is 1 for MDS9148-A and 2 for MDS9148-B)
Mgmt0 IPv4 netmask : 255.255.255.0

Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure advanced IP options? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Enable the ssh service? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

Type of ssh key you would like to generate (dsa/rsa) [rsa]: <Enter>

Number of rsa key bits <1024-2048> [1024]: <Enter>

Tip Telnet service is not typically enabled, but during the training class, Telnet service allows the
instructor access to your switches.

Enable the telnet service? (yes/no) [n]: <Yes>

Note Slow Drain Device Detection and Congestion Avoidance is automatically enabled.
Configuration of the congestion/no_credit settings can be modified in the initial setup. For
now, choose the defaults for the initial setup.

Configure congestion/no_credit drop for fc interfaces? (yes/no)

[y]: <Enter>

Note Choose which type of drop to configure, congestion or no_credit. The default is
congestion.

Enter the type of drop to configure congestion/no_credit drop?

(con/no) [c]: <Enter>

Note The default stuck frame timeout value is 500 ms. Cisco recommends that you retain the
default configuration for ISLs and configure a value not exceeding 500 ms (100 to 200 ms)
for F Ports. The default is 500 ms.

Enter milliseconds in multiple of 10 for congestion-drop in range [100

- 500], or [d/default] for default: <d>

Note Choose the port mode for the type of drop. The default is F.

Enter mode for congestion/no_credit drop[E/F]: <Enter>

Enable the http-server? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>
Configure clock? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure timezone? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure summertime? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure the ntp server? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

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Configure default switchport interface state (shut/noshut) [shut]:

<Enter>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Configure default switchport port mode F (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default zone policy (permit/deny) [deny]: <Enter>
Enable full zoneset distribution (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default zone mode (basic/enhanced) [basic]: <Enter>

Step 5 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

The following configuration will be applied:
password strength-check
switchname POD#-MDS9148-A
interface mgmt0
ip address 10.0.1.PN 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
ssh key rsa 1024 force
feature ssh
feature telnet
system timeout congestion-drop default mode F

feature http-server
system default switchport shutdown
system default switchport trunk mode on
no system default zone default-zone permit
no system default zone distribute full
no system default zone mode enhanced

Step 6 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

Activity Verification
Complete the following steps on both switches in your pod to verify your results.
Step 1 Log into the console using the username admin and the password 1234QWer .
Step 2 Ping your server.
POD#-MDS9148-A# ping 10.0.1.1PN
(P is your Pod#, N is your server number (1 or 2))
PING 10.0.1.21 (10.0.1.1PN) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1PN: icmp_seq=1 ttl=127 time=0.466 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1PN: icmp_seq=2 ttl=127 time=0.407 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1.1PN: icmp_seq=3 ttl=127 time=0.383 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1PN: icmp_seq=4 ttl=127 time=0.369 ms

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1PN: icmp_seq=5 ttl=127 time=0.440 ms

Step 3 Press Ctrl-C to stop the ping command.

--- 10.0.1.1PN ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 3998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.369/0.413/0.466/0.035 ms

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Step 4 Check the initial running configuration of your MDS

Pod#-MDS9148-X# sh run

!Command: show running-config

!Time: Tue Feb 11 08:13:02 2014

version 6.2(5)
feature telnet

role name default-role

description This is a system defined role and applies to all users.
rule 5 permit show feature environment
rule 4 permit show feature hardware
rule 3 permit show feature module
rule 2 permit show feature snmp
rule 1 permit show feature system
username admin password 5 $1$9X/x3IlE$TdVnn2B44t7P6vslnBrCo. role
network-admin
ip domain-lookup
ip host Pod#-MDS9148-X 10.0.1.11
aaa group server radius radius
snmp-server user admin network-admin auth md5
0xe12f564bb7ea7840902d4ff83cf708f3
priv 0xe12f564bb7ea7840902d4ff83cf708f3 localizedkey
rmon event 1 log trap public description FATAL(1) owner PMON@FATAL
rmon event 2 log trap public description CRITICAL(2) owner
PMON@CRITICAL
rmon event 3 log trap public description ERROR(3) owner PMON@ERROR
rmon event 4 log trap public description WARNING(4) owner
PMON@WARNING
rmon event 5 log trap public description INFORMATION(5) owner

PMON@INFO

fcdomain fcid database

vsan 1 wwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d4:c9 fcid 0x030000 dynamic
vsan 1 wwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 fcid 0x030100 dynamic

switchname Pod#-MDS9148-X
line console
line vty
boot kickstart bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.5.bin
boot system bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
interface fc1/1
interface fc1/2
<ouput removed>
interface fc1/47
interface fc1/48

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interface fc1/1
port-license acquire

interface fc1/2
port-license acquire

interface fc1/3
port-license acquire

interface fc1/4
port-license acquire

interface fc1/5
port-license acquire

interface fc1/6
port-license acquire

interface fc1/46

interface fc1/47

interface fc1/48

interface mgmt0
ip address 10.0.1.11 255.255.255.0
ip default-gateway 10.0.1.254

Pod#-MDS9148-X#

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Task 2: Examine the MDS Environment

In this task, you will use various show commands to examine the MDS environment and
discover switch capabilities.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on both switches in your pod:
Step 1 Display the MDS switch modules.
Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho module
Mod Ports Module-Type Model
Status
--- ----- ----------------------------------- ------------------ ---
-------
1 48 1/2/4/8 Gbps FC/Supervisor-3 DS-C9148-K9-SUP
active *

Mod Sw Hw World-Wide-Name(s) (WWN)

--- -------------- ------ -----------------------------------------
---------
1 6.2(5) 1.1 20:01:54:7f:ee:47:d6:88 to
20:30:54:7f:ee:47:d6:88

Mod MAC-Address(es) Serial-Num

--- -------------------------------------- ----------
1 e8-b7-48-70-d0-28 to e8-b7-48-70-d0-2b JAF1609AJLB

* this terminal session

Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Note Observe that the show module command only gives a summary of the line card modules
installed in the chassis. Module 1 is fixed on the MDS 9222i switch and cannot be removed.

Step 2 Display the switch inventory.

Pod#-MDS9148-X# show inventory
NAME: "Chassis", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis "
PID: DS-C9148-16P-K9 , VID: V02 , SN: AMS16030811

NAME: "Slot 1", DESCR: "1/2/4/8 Gbps FC/Supervisor-3"

PID: DS-C9148-K9-SUP , VID: V02 , SN: JAF1609AJLB

NAME: "Slot 2", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Power

Supply"
PID: DS-C48-300AC , VID: V00
, SN: PAC15514U8N

NAME: "Slot 3", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Power

Supply"
PID: DS-C48-300AC , VID: V00

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, SN: PAC15514TQ1

NAME: "Slot 4", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Fan

Module"
PID: , VID: V00
, SN:

NAME: "Slot 5", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Fan

Module"
PID: , VID: V00
, SN:

NAME: "Slot 6", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Fan

Module"
PID: , VID: V00
, SN:

NAME: "Slot 7", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Fan

Module"

PID: , VID: V00

, SN:

Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Note How does the information differ from the show module command? Notice that each
component is allocated a slot, even the power supplies and fan modules.

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Step 3 Display the MDS hardware components:

Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho hardware

Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Documents:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9372/tsd_products_suppor
t_serie
s_home.html
Copyright (c) 2002-2013, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights
reserved.
The copyrights to certain works contained herein are owned by
other third parties and are used and distributed under
license.
Some parts of this software are covered under the GNU Public
License. A copy of the license is available at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.

Software
BIOS: version 1.0.19
loader: version N/A
kickstart: version 6.2(5)
system: version 6.2(5)
BIOS compile time: 02/01/10
kickstart image file is: bootflash:///m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-
mz.6.2.5.bin
kickstart compile time: 11/25/2013 9:00:00 [01/30/2014
05:31:54]
system image file is: bootflash:///m9100-s3ek9-
mz.6.2.5.bin

system compile time:

06:53:07] 11/25/2013 9:00:00 [01/30/2014

Hardware
cisco MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis ("1/2/4/8 Gbps
FC/Supervisor-3")
Motorola, e500v2 with 1036300 kB of memory.
Processor Board ID JAF1609AJLB

Device name: Pod#-MDS9148-X

bootflash: 1015056 kB
Kernel uptime is 0 day(s), 0 hour(s), 17 minute(s), 6
second(s)

Last reset at 516134 usecs after Tue Feb 11 07:57:28 2014

Reason: Reset Requested by CLI command reload

System version: 6.2(5)
Service:

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--------------------------------
Switch hardware ID information
--------------------------------

Switch is booted up
Switch type is : MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis
Model number is DS-C9148-16P-K9
H/W version is 1.1
Part Number is 73-11862-06
Part Revision is A0
Manufacture Date is Year 16 Week 3
Serial number is AMS16030811
CLEI code is CMMFV00ARA

--------------------------------
Chassis has 1 Module slots
--------------------------------

Module1 ok
Module type is : 1/2/4/8 Gbps FC/Supervisor-3
0 submodules are present
Model number is DS-C9148-K9-SUP
H/W version is 1.1
Part Number is 73-11862-06
Part Revision is A0
Manufacture Date is Year 16 Week 9
Serial number is JAF1609AJLB
CLEI code is CMMFV00ARA

---------------------------------------
Chassis has 2 PowerSupply Slots
---------------------------------------

PS1 ok
Power supply type is: 300.00W 110v/220v AC
Model number is DS-C48-300AC
H/W version is 160.0
Part Number is 341-0320-01
Part Revision is A0
Manufacture Date is Year 15 Week 51
Serial number is PAC15514U8N
CLEI code is

PS2 fail/shutdown
Power supply type is: 300.00W 110v/220v AC
Model number is DS-C48-300AC
H/W version is 160.0
Part Number is 341-0320-01
Part Revision is A0

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Manufacture Date is Year 15 Week 51

Serial number is PAC15514TQ1
CLEI code is

----------------------------------
Chassis has 4 Fan slots
----------------------------------

Fan1 ok

Fan2 ok

Fan3 ok

Fan4 ok

Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Note Observe that the show hardware command provides more detailed information on each of
the modules on the switch, including part numbers and hardware versions.

Step 4 Display the switch temperature status.

Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho environment temperature
Temperature:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Module Sensor MajorThresh MinorThres CurTemp Status
(Celsius) (Celsius) (Celsius)
--------------------------------------------------------------------

1 Outlet 75 60 32 Ok
1 Outlet 75 60 34 Ok
1 Intake 65 50 30 Ok
1 Intake 65 50 32 Ok
Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Step 5 Notice the results from the temperature settings. What is the temperature difference
between the intake sensors and the outlet sensors?

Step 6 Show the switch power status.

Pod#-MDS9148-X# show environment power
Power Supply:
Voltage: 12 Volts
-----------------------------------------------------
PS Model Power Power Status
(Watts) (Amp)
-----------------------------------------------------
1 DS-C48-300AC 300.00 25.00 Ok
2 ------------ 0.00 0.00 Fail/Shut

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Mod Model Power Power Power Power

Status
Requested Requested Allocated Allocated
(Watts) (Amp) (Watts) (Amp)
--- ------------------- ------- ---------- --------- ---------- -
---------

1 DS-C9148-K9-SUP
Powered-Up 120.00 10.00 120.00 10.00

Power Usage Summary:

--------------------
Power Supply redundancy mode: Redundant
Power Supply redundancy operational mode: Redundant

Total Power Capacity 300.00 W

Total Power Allocated (budget) 120.00 W

-------------
Total Power Available 180.00 W
-------------
Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Note Notice the results from the switch power status. All MDS switches and directors support two
power supplies that can be configured in either combined mode or redundant mode. Note
that even in redundant mode, there is still plenty of spare capacity on a fully loaded switch.

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Lab 2-2: Upgrading Switch Software

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will upgrade the NX-OS software and verify that the upgrade was
successful. After completing this activity, you will be able to meet these objectives:

! Troubleshoot incompatible software versions

! Recover a hung switch from the loader prompt
! Upgrade the switch software

Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment required to complete this activity:
! 4 MDS 9000 Series Fibre Channel switches
! Two Windows Server Hosts
! Access to a TFTP server and/or NX-OS images for your platform.

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Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity.

Command Description

write erase Erases the switch’s startup configuration.

reload
Reboots the system.

config Enters configuration mode.

Displays the version of system software that is currently
show version
running on the switch.

show boot Displays the boot variables.

dir bootflash: Lists the files in the bootflash directory.

Displays details of the current installed images including

show version bootflash:[
the version number; use the image option to view version
image file ]
information of a specific image file.

copy tftp://<tftp server

ip_addr>
/< path>
/<image Copies the specified file from a TFTP server to the
filename> bootflash:< generic bootflash directory.

filename>

Upgrades all modules in any Cisco MDS 9000 Family
install all
switch.

show install all impact Displays the software compatibility matrix of a specific

[system] <filename> system image.

install all system <system

generic filename>
kickstart Upgrades the system using the specified system and
<kickstart generic filename>

Copies the running configuration to the startup

copy run start
configuration.

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Task 1: Tr oubleshoot Software Version Conflicts

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If you are working in teams within a pod, one student will configure MDS9148-A and the
other student will configure MDS9148-B. If you are working alone, you will need to configure
one of the switches (there is no need to do both). Later exercises will require both students
sharing a pod to work together.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on both MDS switches:
Step 1 If not still open from the last lab, open a console session to your assigned switch
(MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab
GUI.

Note If the switch ask for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”.

Step 2 Display the contents of the bootflash: volume.

Tip Use tab completion when invoking dir bootflash. For example, dir b<Tab> will autocomplete
as dir bootflash:

Pod#-MDS9148-X# dir bootflash:

49152 Feb 11 06:54:06 2014 lost+found/
5596002 Feb 11 06:51:16 2014 m9000-epld-5.2.1.img
19984384 Feb 11 06:49:20 2014 m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin
19982336 Feb 11 06:46:45 2014 m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.5.bin
73345328 Feb 11 06:50:35 2014 m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.bin
73298748 Feb 11 06:48:13 2014 m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
102399 Feb 11 07:59:06 2014 mts.log

Usage for bootflash://sup-local

588378112 bytes used
97873920 bytes free
686252032 bytes total
Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Note Actual file contents may vary.

Step 3 Display the boot variables

Pod#-MDS9148-X# show boot
Current Boot Variables:

kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-

mz.6.2.5.bin
system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
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Boot Variables on next reload:

kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-

mz.6.2.5.bin
system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
No module boot variable set
Pod#-MDS9148-X#
Step 4 Display the current software version
Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho version
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Documents:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9372/tsd_products_suppor
t_serie
s_home.html
Copyright (c) 2002-2013, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights
reserved.
The copyrights to certain works contained herein are owned by
other third parties and are used and distributed under
license.
Some parts of this software are covered under the GNU Public
License. A copy of the license is available at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.

Hardware
cisco MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis ("1/2/4/8 Gbps
FC/Supervisor-3")
Motorola, e500v2 with 1036300 kB of memory.
Processor Board ID JAF1609AJLB

Device name: Pod#-MDS9148-X

bootflash: 1015056 kB
Kernel uptime is 0 day(s), 1 hour(s), 16 minute(s), 55
second(s)

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Last reset at 516134 usecs after Tue Feb 11 07:57:28 2014

Reason: Reset Requested by CLI command reload

System version: 6.2(5)
Service:
Pod#-MDS9148-X#
Step 5 Invoke the show install all impact command to view the effect of installing a
different kickstart (5.2.2) with the current system (6.2.5) image.
Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho install all impact kickstart m9100-s3ek9-
kickstart-mz.5.2.2.bin system m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
Installer will perform impact only check. Please wait.

Verifying image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.5.2.2.bin for

boot variable "kickstart".
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Verifying image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin for boot

variable "system".
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Verifying image type.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "system" version from image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-

mz.6.2.5.bin.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "kickstart" version from image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-

kickstart-mz.5.2.2.bin.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "bios" version from image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-

mz.6.2.5.bin.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing Compact Flash and TCAM sanity test.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing module support checks.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Notifying services about system upgrade.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

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Compatibility check is done:

Module bootable Impact Install-type Reason
------ -------- -------------- ------------ ------
1 no n/a n/a Incompatible image

Images will be upgraded according to following table:

Module Image Running-Version(pri:alt) New-Version Upg-Required
------ -------- ------------------------ ----------- ------------
1 system 6.2(5) 6.2(5) no
1 kickstart 6.2(5) 5.2(2) no
1 bios v1.0.19(02/01/10):v1.0.19(02/01/10) no

Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Q1) Would this update succeed? _______________________________

Step 6 Try to set the kickstart boot to an invalid file (you can use the EPLD update file)
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# boot kickstart bootflash:m9000-epld-5.2.1.img
Performing image verification and compatibility check, please wait....
Can not open the image. Return code 0x40A30004 (Corrupted image).
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#
Step 7 Set the boot variable to the 5.2.2 kickstart version.
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# boot kickstart bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-
mz.5.2.2.bin
Performing image verification and compatibility check, please wait....
Note: system and kickstart bootvars are pointing to incompatible images
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#
Step 8 Verify that the kickstart boot variable was reconfigured.
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# sh boot
Current Boot Variables:

kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.5.2.2.bin

system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
No module boot variable set

Boot Variables on next reload:

kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.5.bin

system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
No module boot variable set
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#

Q2) What would happen if you reboot the switch now? _________________________

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Step 9 Save the running-config into startup and check the boot variable again
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# copy run start
[########################################] 100%
Copy complete.
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# sh boot
Current Boot Variables:

kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.5.2.2.bin

system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
No module boot variable set

Boot Variables on next reload:

kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.5.2.2.bin

system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
No module boot variable set

Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#

Q3) What would happen if you reboot the switch now? ________________________

Caution DO NOT reboot now!

If you did:
reboot again, then break into the loader by using “ctrl + ]” and continue from step 5 from next
task – or confess to your instructor ;)

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Task 2: Troubleshoot the Boot Process

In this task, each team will delete the boot variables and reload the switch, causing the switch to
hang at the loader> prompt. Each team will troubleshoot booting the switch using the ability to
bootstrap the Cisco MDS with a kickstart image that resides on the TFTP server.

Activity Procedure
Each team will perform these steps from the console on your respective switch:

Step 1 Delete the current boot variables and verify the results.
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# no boot kickstart
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# no boot system
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# show boot
Current Boot Variables:

kickstart variable not set

system variable not set

No module boot variable set

Boot Variables on next reload:

kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-

mz.5.2.2.bin
system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
No module boot variable set
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#

Step 2 Save the boot variable configuration.

Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# copy run start
[########################################] 100%
Copy complete.
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#
Step 3 Verify that the display says boot variables on next reload are not set.
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# sh boot
Current Boot Variables:

kickstart variable not set

system variable not set

No module boot variable set

Boot Variables on next reload:

kickstart variable not set

system variable not set
No module boot variable set
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#

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Step 4 Reboot the switch.

Caution An empty kickstart boot variable, or failure to detect the kickstart file will cause the boot
sequence to halt at the loader> prompt.

Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)? [n] y

>> MDS-Bootloader-01.00.19 (Feb 1 2010 - 15:13:26), Build: 01.00.19

PowerPC
CPU: 8548E, Version: 2.1, (SVR:0x80390021)
Core: E500, Version: 2.2, (PVR:0x80210022)
Clocks: CPU:1333 MHz, CCB: 533 MHz,
DDR: 266 MHz, LBC: 33 MHz
L1: D-cache 32 kB enabled
I-cache 32 kB enabled
INFO: Booting off primary flash.
I2C: ready
DRAM: DDR: ddrioovcr 0xd0000000
Total SDRAM memory is 1024 MB
40000000
INFO: SDRAM tests PASSED.
DRAM: ECC initialization in progress...Done.
done.
INFO: Board rev = 6 type = 4 index 9037
L2 cache 512KB: enabled
IDE: Bus 0: OK

Device 0: Model: SMART CF Firm: 2006081 Ser#: 0000101168000202164

Type: Hard Disk
Capacity: 991.2 MB = 0.9 GB (2030112 x 512)
loader>
Step 5 At the loader> prompt, invoke help (?) to display command options.
loader> ?
? Print command list
boot Boot image
date get/set/reset date & time
diag Enable/disable POST diagnostics
dir List Directory
help Print command list or specific command usage
network Set network communication settings
reload Reboot the board.
serial Set serial console settings
show Show loader configuration
loader>

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Step 6 At the loader> prompt, invoke help (?) to display show command options.
loader> show ?
show - Show loader configuration
Usage: show {net|serial|diag|post|sprom}
show net: show network communication settings
show serial: show serial console settings
show diag: show POST diagnostics settings
show post: show POST code
show sprom: show useful fields from board's SPROM

loader>
Step 7 The network command is used to configure the network settings. Display network
command options.
loader> network ?
network - Set network communication settings
Usage: network { [inet4] [--ip=<ip-address(IP AddressFormat)>]
[--nm=<netmask(IP Address Format)>]
[--gw=<gateway(IP Address Format)>] }
{ inet6 [--ip=<ipv6-address/prefix-length> ]
[--gw=<ipv6-address> ] }

loader>
Step 8 To emulate a circumstance where a hung switch has incorrect network settings (or
no settings), each team will configure IPv4 addressing and gateway. You will use
your existing mgmt0 IP address and mask values, and display the results.

(where P is your Pod# and N is 1 for MDS9148-A and 2 for MDS9148-B)

loader> network inet4 -ip=10.0.P.N -nm=255.255.255.0 –gw=10.0.P.254

loader> show net
----------------- Network Settings ------------------
Current INET = AF_INET4
IPV4 ADDRESS = 10.0.P.N
IPV4 NETMASK = 255.255.255.0
IPV4 GATEWAY = 10.0.P.254
IPV6 ADDRESS = 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 / 0
IPV6 GATEWAY = 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000
MAC ADDRESS = 00:0d:ec:75:19:10
Step 9 Display the contents of the bootflash: file system.

loader> dir bootflash:

bootflash:
49152 lost+found/
19928064 m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.5.2.2.bin
19982336 m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.5.bin
73298748 m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
19984384 m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin
73345328 m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.bin

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5596002 m9000-epld-5.2.1.img
loader>
Step 10 Check the help for the „boot“ command – you could boot the switch from a TFTP
server in case the bootflash is corrupt.
loader> boot ?
boot - Boot an image from the compact flash or tftp server.

Usage: boot { <kickstart_file> [<isan_file>] | tftp://<server_ip>/<kickstart_file> }

The file names can be prefixed by a <uri:>

Where <uri:> can be either 'bootflash:' (default) or 'slot0:'.

'bootflash:' - Refers to the bootflash partition on the internal

compact flash. 'bootflash:' is the default.
'slot0:' - Refers to the partition 1 (FAT32) on the external
compact flash if present.
loader>

Note In this lab we are going to boot from bootflash:

Step 11 Boot the switch of the 6.2.3 kickstart file

loader> boot bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin

Booting bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin ...

...................
Automatic boot of image at addr 0x00000000 ...
Starting kernel...
Entered kgdb_console_init:1975
INIT: version 2.85 booting
Checking all filesystems..r.r.r. done.
Setting kernel variables done.
Setting the System Clock using the Hardware Clock as
reference...System Clock set. Local time: Tue Feb 11 10:03:33 UTC 2014
Loading system software
No system software!
Stopping NFS servers: mountd nfsd.
.
INIT: Sending processes the KILL signal
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
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owned by other third parties and used and distributed under
license. Certain components of this software are licensed under
the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU
Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of each
such license is available at
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switch(boot)#

Note The boot sequence should now halt at the switch(boot)# prompt. This also happens when
the system file is corrupted, missing or incompatible with the kickstart image.

Step 12 Invoke help (?) at the switch(boot)# prompt.

switch(boot)# ?
Exec commands:
clear Reset functions
config Enter configuration mode
copy Copy from one file to another
delete Delete a file or directory
dir Directory listing for files
exit Exit from the EXEC
find Find a file below the current directory
format Format disks
init Initialize internal disk

load Load system image

mkdir Create new directory
move Move files
no Disable debugging functions
pwd View current directory
reload Reboot this supervisor module
rmdir Remove existing directory
root-shell Enter bash shell
show Show running system information
sleep Sleep for the specified number of seconds
ssh SSH to another system
tail Display the last part of a file
telnet Telnet to another system
terminal Set terminal line parameters
write Write current configuration

switch(boot)#
Step 13 Check help fort he show commands

switch(boot)# show ?
clock Display current Date

file Displays content of files

interface Show interface
ip Show the ip configuration
startup-config Display startup configuration
terminal Display terminal configuration parameters
version Show the software version
switch(boot)#

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Step 14 Check the interface(s)

switch(boot)# show interface
mgmt0 is down.
switch(boot)#
Step 15 Check the IP confgiguration
switch(boot)# sho ip
ip routing is disabled

Management Interface: ip address 10.0.1.11/24

ip default-gateway 10.0.1.254
switch(boot)#
Step 16 Attempt to enter config-mode using the parsed config command, which is valid in a
normal Cisco NX-OS login.
switch(boot)# conf
^
% incomplete command detected at '^' marker.
switch(boot)#
Step 17 Enter config-mode and invoke help (?).

switch(boot)# conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
switch(boot)(config)# ?
Configure commands::
admin-password Set password for admin
do EXEC command
end Exit from configure mode
exit Exit from configure mode
interface Select an interface to configure
ip Configure the ip parameters
no Negate a command or set its defaults
switch(boot)(config)#
Step 18 Bring up the mgmt0 interface
switch(boot)(config)# interface ?
mgmt Management interface
switch(boot)(config)# interface mgmt ?
<0-0> Management interface number
switch(boot)(config)# interface mgmt 0
switch(boot)(config-if)# ?
Submode commands:
do EXEC command

end Exit from configure mode

exit Exit from this submode
ip Configure the mgmt ip address
ipv6 Configure IPv6 address of the management interface
no Negate a command or set its defaults
shutdown Enable/disable an interface
switch(boot)(config-if)# no shutdown
switch(boot)(config-if)#

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Step 19 Check the mgmt0 interface state

switch(boot)(config-if)# show interface
^
% invalid command detected at '^' marker.

switch(boot)(config-if)#
Step 20 Exit config-mode and check the mgmt0 interface state

switch(boot)(config-if)# exit
switch(boot)(config)# exit
switch(boot)# show interface
mgmt0 is up.
switch(boot)#
Step 21 Invoke help for the copy command.
switch(boot)# copy ?
bootflash: Select source filesystem
ftp: Select source filesystem
scp: Select source filesystem
sftp: Select source filesystem
tftp: Select source filesystem
switch(boot)#

Note This output illustrates that, if required, you can copy the software images from TFTP (or
FTP, and so on) to bootflash: while logged-in at the switch(boot)# prompt.
You can also use „init“ and „format“ if the bootflash is corrupted.

Step 22 Display the contents of bootflash:

switch(boot)# dir
49152 Feb 11 2014 09:28:53 lost+found/

5596002 Feb 11 2014 06:51:16 m9000-epld-5.2.1.img

18693120 Sep 02 2012 18:04:49 m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.5.0.1a.bin
19984384 Feb 11 2014 06:49:20 m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin
19982336 Feb 11 2014 06:46:45 m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.5.bin
73345328 Feb 11 2014 06:50:35 m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.bin
73298748 Feb 11 2014 06:48:13 m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
102399 Feb 11 2014 07:59:06 mts.log

Usage for bootflash: filesystem

553517056 bytes used
97873920 bytes free
686252032 bytes total
switch(boot)#
Step 23 Invoke the help for the load command
switch(boot)# load ?
bootflash: Enter image URI
switch(boot)#

Note Loading from the network is not possible.

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Step 24 Manually load the 6.2.3 system image and observe the boot sequence.
switch(boot)# load bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.bin

Note It may take a couple of seconds before the switch displays any output

Step 25 Upon completion, login and display the current boot variables.
User Access Verification

Pod#-MDS9148-X login: admin

Password: 1234QWer
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Copyright (c) 2002-2013, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights
reserved.
The copyrights to certain works contained in this software are
owned by other third parties and used and distributed under
license. Certain components of this software are licensed
under
the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or the GNU

Lesser
each General Public License (LGPL) Version 2.1. A copy of
such license is available at
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php and
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.php
Pod#-MDS9148-X#
Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho boot
Current Boot Variables:

kickstart variable not set

system variable not set

No module boot variable set

Boot Variables on next reload:

kickstart variable not set

system variable not set
No module boot variable set
Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Note The report should indicate that the boot variables are still empty. Troubleshooting the boot
process does not affect the boot variable settings.

Step 26 Display the current version.

Pod#-MDS9148-X#
Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho ver
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Documents:

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Software
BIOS: version 1.0.19
loader: version N/A
kickstart: version 6.2(3)
system: version 6.2(3)
BIOS compile time: 02/01/10
kickstart image file is: bootflash:///m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin
kickstart compile time: 7/10/2013 2:00:00 [07/31/2013 10:05:08]
system image file is: bootflash:///m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.bin
system compile time: 7/10/2013 2:00:00 [07/31/2013 11:15:29]

Pod#-MDS9148-X#
Step 27 Manually configure the boot variables für kickstart and system to use software 6.2.3
and display the results.

Tip you can copy&paste from the „sh version“ output

Pod#-MDS9148-X# conf
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# boot kickstart bootflash:///m91 00-s3ek9-kicksta rt-mz.6.2.3.bin
Performing image verification and compatibility check, please wait....
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# boot system boo tflash:///m9100- s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.b in
Performing image verification and compatibility check, please wait....
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#

Step 28 Save your running-config to the startup-config

Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# copy run start

[########################################] 100%
Copy complete.
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#

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Activity Verification
Step 1 Display the saved boot variables.
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# sh boot
Current Boot Variables:

kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin

system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.bin

No module boot variable set

Boot Variables on next reload:

kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin

system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.bin
No module boot variable set

Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)#

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Task 3: Upgrade Switch Software

In this task, you will upgrade the switch software.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on the MDS switches in your pod.
Step 1 Log into your 9148 switch using the username admin and the password 1234QWer.
Step 2
Display the details of the currently installed images.
Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho version
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Documents:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9372/tsd_products_support_serie
s_home.html
Copyright (c) 2002-2013, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
The copyrights to certain works contained herein are owned by
other third parties and are used and distributed under license.
Some parts of this software are covered under the GNU Public
License. A copy of the license is available at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.

Hardware
cisco MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis ("1/2/4/8 Gbps FC/Supervisor-3")
Motorola, e500v2 with 1036300 kB of memory.
Processor Board ID JAF1609AJLB

Device name: Pod#-MDS9148-X

bootflash: 1015056 kB
Kernel uptime is 0 day(s), 0 hour(s), 28 minute(s), 37 second(s)

Last reset at 806477 usecs after Tue Feb 11 09:52:45 2014

Reason: Reset Requested by CLI command reload

System version: 6.2(5)
Service:
Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Step 3 Display the current boot variables.

Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho boot

Current Boot Variables:

kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin

system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.bin
No module boot variable set

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kickstart variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin

system variable = bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.bin
No module boot variable set
Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Step 4 Display the contents of the bootflash: file system for all fiels starting with m

Note Use the tab key after to trigger autocomplete

Pod#-MDS9148-X# dir bootflash:m <TAB>

bootflash:m9000-epld-5.2.1.img
bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.5.2.2.bin
bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.3.bin
bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.5.bin
bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.3.bin
bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
bootflash:mts.log
Pod#-MDS9148-X#
POD#-MDS9148-A#

Step 5 From the CLI, determine the software version for both the system and kickstart
images named 6.2.5 (maybe someone renamed these files)
POD#-MDS9148-A# show version image bootflash:< system image name>
POD#-MDS9148-B# show version image bootflash:<kickstart image name>

Q1) Record system image file version: ______________________________

Q2) Record kickstart image file version: ______________________________

Note Use the show version command to determine that the system and kickstart image versions
match and are compatible – also note the MD5 hash is checked to detect corrupted software
images

Step 6 Determine which version is running. __________________________

Step 7 Determine what the impact of the upgrade will be by using the “show install all
impact” command
POD#-MDS9148-A# sho install all impact kickstart bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-
kickstart-mz.6.2.5.bin system bootflash:m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
Installer will perform impact only check. Please wait.

Verifying image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.5.bin for boot

variable "kickstart". 100% -- SUCCESS
[####################]

Verifying image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin for boot variable

"system".
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Verifying image type.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "system" version from image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

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Extracting "kickstart" version from image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-

mz.6.2.5.bin.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "bios" version from image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing Compact Flash and TCAM sanity test.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing module support checks.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS
Notifying services about system upgrade.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Compatibility check is done:

Module bootable Impact Install-type Reason
------ -------- -------------- ------------ ------
1 yes non-disruptive reset

Images will be upgraded according to following table:

Module Image Running-Version(pri:alt) New-Version Upg-Required
------ ---------- --------------------------------- ----------- ------------
1 system 6.2(3) 6.2(5) yes
1 kickstart 6.2(3) 6.2(5) yes
1 bios v1.0.19(02/01/10):v1.0.19(02/01/10) v1.0.19(02/01/10) no

Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Q3) What is the impact of the installation: ___________________________________

Caution ALWAYS pay close attention to the “impact” above. If it is “disruptive” check the “Reason”

Step 8 Upgrade software to 6.2.5 using the install all command.

POD#-MDS9148-A# install all system bootflash:<system image name> kickstart
bootflash:< kickstart image name>

Installer will perform compatibility check first. Please wait.

Verifying image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-mz.6.2.5.bin for boot

variable "kickstart".
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Verifying image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin for boot variable

"system".
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Verifying image type.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "system" version from image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Extracting "kickstart" version from image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-kickstart-

mz.6.2.5.bin.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

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Extracting "bios" version from image bootflash:/m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing Compact Flash and TCAM sanity test.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing module support checks.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Notifying services about system upgrade.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Compatibility check is done:

Module bootable Impact Install-type Reason
------ -------- -------------- ------------ ------
1 yes non-disruptive reset

Images will be upgraded according to following table:

Do you want to continue with the installation (y/n)? [n]

Step 9 Type y when asked to continue.

Install is in progress, please wait.

Performing runtime checks.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Notifying services about the upgrade.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Setting boot variables.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing configuration copy.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Module 1: Refreshing compact flash and Upgrading bios/loader/bootrom.

Warning: please do not remove or power off the module at this time.
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Upgrade can no longer be aborted, any failure will result in a disruptive

upgrade.

Freeing memory in the file

[####################] 100%system.
-- SUCCESS

Loading images into memory.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Saving linecard runtime state.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Saving supervisor runtime state.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Saving mts state.

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[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Rebooting the switch to proceed with the upgrade.

All telnet and ssh connections will now be temporarily terminated.
Starting new kernel
Starting kernel...
Entered kgdb_console_init:1975
INIT: version 2.85 booting
Checking all filesystems..... done.
Setting kernel variables done.
Setting the System Clock using the Hardware Clock as reference...System Clock
set. Local time: Tue Feb 11 10:52:39 UTC 2014
Loading system software
Uncompressing system image: bootflash:///m9100-s3ek9-mz.6.2.5.bin
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
Starting NFS servers: nfsd mountd.

2014 Feb 11 10:53:16 Pod#-MDS9148-X Feb 11 10:53:16 %KERN-2-SYSTEM_MSG:

Starting kernel... - kernel
2014 Feb 11 10:53:16 Pod#-MDS9148-X Feb 11 10:53:16 %KERN-1-SYSTEM_MSG:
Entered kgdb_console_init:1975 - kernel

Continuing with installation process, please wait.

The login will be disabled until the installation is completed.

Status for linecard upgrade.

[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Performing supervisor state verification.

2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-PS_OK: Power supply 1 ok
(Serial number PAC15514U8N)
2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-PS_FANOK: Fan in Power supply
1 ok
2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-PS_FAIL: Power supply 2 failed
or shut down (Serial number PAC15514TQ1)
2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-FAN_OK: Fan module ok
2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-FAN_OK: Fan module ok
2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-FAN_OK: Fan module ok
2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-FAN_OK: Fan module ok
2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-FAN_OK: Fan module ok
2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-FAN_OK: Fan module ok
2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-FAN_OK: Fan module ok
2014 Feb 11 10:53:44 Pod#-MDS9148-X %PLATFORM-2-FAN_OK: Fan module ok
[####################] 100% -- SUCCESS

Install has been successful.

User Access Verification

Pod#-MDS9148-X login:

Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.

Step 1 When the login prompt appears log in.

Step 2 Verify the current running software version.
Step 3 Verify that the boot variables point to the correct boot files.

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Task 3: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by
clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin
Password: 1234QWer
Step 2 Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR
THE CORE 9222is!!! .
# write erase
The following message is displayed:
Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Type y to proceed.

Step 3 Reboot the 9148 switch.

# reload
This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.

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Lab 2-3: Install Cisco Prime DCNM 6.2

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.
As of Cisco DCNM Release 5.2, Cisco Fabric Manager and Cisco DCNM for LAN were
merged into one unified product called Cisco DCNM that can manage both LAN and SAN
environments. As of Cisco Prime DCNM Release 6.2, the name Cisco Prime DCNM-SAN
Client replaces the name Cisco Fabric Manager. Cisco Prime DCNM also contains a
component called Device Manager that you will use throughout the lab exercises.
You will use Cisco Prime DCNM Release 6.2(5) in these labs.
Cisco Prime DCNM is a management system for the Cisco Unified Fabric. Cisco Prime DCNM
consists of four components, which are the Cisco Prime DCNM Unified Web Client, Cisco
Prime DCNM-SAN Client, Cisco Prime DCNM-LAN Client, and Cisco Device Manager.
Cisco Prime DCNM enables you to provision, monitor, and troubleshoot the data center
network infrastructure.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will install and set up Cisco Prime DCNM for SAN management. Upon
completing this exercise, you will be able to meet the following objectives:
• Launch the Cisco Prime DCNM Unified Web Client
• Launch the Cisco Prime DCNM-SAN Client
• Discover SAN devices through the Cisco Prime DCNM-SAN Client
• Launch Cisco Device Manager for use in the following labs

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Task 1: Install Cisco DCNM SAN

In this task, you will install Cisco Data Center Network Manager for SAN.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on your assigned switch and Windows Server.
Step 1 Access a Windows Server in your pod by clicking one of the Desktop links in the
Fast Lane interface:
Student 1, managing Pod#-MDS9148-A , will use Windows Server Server A.
! Student 2, managing Pod#-MDS9148-B , will use Windows Server Server B.
! If you work alone, one installation is sufficient.
Step 2 Log in as administrator with the password 1234QWer .
Step 3 Locate the DCNM installer file on your desktop and double-click it

Step 4 Acknowledge the Windows security warning with “run”

Step 5 Wait for the installer to unpack

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Step 9 Enter 1234QWer as password for the DCNM DB and click Next.

Step 10 Verify that the 10.0.1. 1PS interface is selected for the server IP click Next.

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Caution Make sure IP address 10.0.1.1PS is selected!!!!!

Step 11 Keep the current installation directory settings and click Next.

Step 12 Enter admin as username and 1234QWer as password in the credentials and click
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Step 13 Keep the current authentication setting “Local” and click Next.

Step 14 Check the appropriate box to create the shortcuts on the desktop then click Next in
Shortcut settings screen.

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Step 15 Review the installation options in the Summary screen and click Next.

Step 16 Once the installer has finished make sure the Start DCNM-LAN Service checkbox
is checked, then click Next.
The installation takes about 5 minutes.

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Step 17 Finally click Done to complete the DCNM installation.

Step 18 Click “Done” to close the installer.

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Step 19 Note on your Desktop Cisco Prime DCNM has been installed – DO NOT click yet!

Step 20 Wait for the DCNM server to fully start.

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Step 21 Click “DCNM SAN Client” to start

Step 22 Type 10.0.1.1PX in the “DCNM server” field and type in username “admin” and
password “ 1234QWer ”.
(P is your Pod#, X is your server number (1 for –A, 2 for –B)

Step 23 Click Login.

Step 24 At the Discover screen, enter the IP address 10.0.1.1. Enter the User Name admin
and the password 1234QWer .

Step 25 Click Discover.

Step 26 Click OK to dismiss the “fabric has been discovered” screen

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Step 27 Cisco DCNM will discover new fabrics starting at the seed switch, and they will be
displayed in the following screen. Select the fabric that you wish to open; click
Open.

Step 28 Cisco DCNM SAN will now launch.

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Step 29 Click “Server” in the menu bar and select “Admin..”

Step 30 Select the “Fabrics” tab.

Step 31 Select your current fabric and click “Remove” to remove the database.

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Step 32 Confirm deletion

Step 33 Dismiss the status dialog.

Step 34 Note there is NO fabric now. This will trigger discovery and allows us to start with a
clean database.

Step 35 Click “Close” to close DCNM SAN.

Caution Deleting the Fabric is NOT something you do every day – in this lab we delete the databse
to have a clean start for each lab without outdated information and nonexistent
configurations and devices from earlier labs.

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Lab 3-1: Configuring Interfaces

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will configure Fibre Channel interfaces. After completing this activity, you
will be able to meet these objectives:

! Configure Fibre Channel interfaces to allow attachment by node devices

! Configure Fibre Channel interfaces to create an ISL between the switches
! Configure Fibre Channel switchport modes to create trunking E_Ports
! Confirm common device registration information across switches
! Confirm common device registration information across switches

Visual Objective
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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment required to complete this activity:
! 4 MDS 9000 Series Fibre Channel switches
! 2 Windows management servers with DCNM SAN and Device Manager installed and each
with a dual-port Fibre Channel HBA
! 1 JBOD with at least two disks

Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity.

Command Description

config Enters configuration mode.

Enters interface configuration sub-mode for FC interface y

interface fcx
y
/
on module x .

Enters interface configuration sub-mode for FC interfaces

interface fcx
y-z
/
y through z on module x .

switchport speed [ 1000 | Configures the interface link speed [ 1Gb | 2Gb | 4Gb |
2000 | 4000 | auto ] auto-detect ].

switchport mode [ E | F | FL Configures the interface as an E-port or F-port, or auto-

| FX | auto ] detect.

switchport trunk mode [ on | Enables trunk mode (on) or non-trunk mode (off) or
off | auto ] passive Mode (auto)

switchport trunk allowed vsan Configure the TE_Port to allow the specified VSAN to
[ add ] X traverse the link [ additional VSAN ].

show interface [ fcx

y
/ ] [ Displays interfaces status and statistics [ for the indicated
brief ] interface ] [ brief detail ].

show run interface Display the running-config for all interfaces.

show interface trunk vsan Display the trunking status of all VSANs.

show flogi database Displays the contents of the FLOGI database.

show fcns database Display the Fibre Channel distributed name server entries.

show run Displays the running configuration.

copy run start Saves the running configuration to startup config.

switchport rate-mode
Configure the switchport as dedicated mode
dedicated

vsan database Enter the VSAN database configuration

vsan [vsan-id] Create a VSAN

vsan [vsan-id] interface

Apply VSAN membership to an interface
fcx/y

feature npv Enable the NPV feature on the edge switch

feature npiv Enable the NPIV feature on the upstream switch

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If you are working in teams within a pod, one student will configure Fabric A / MDS9148-A
and the other student will configure Fabric B / MDS9148-B. If you are working alone, you
will need to configure both switches/fabrics!

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Step 2 After the switch reboots, it will automatically launch the setup process. Answer the
questions according to the following example, replacing your pod number and

switch ID where appropriate.

---- System Admin Account Setup ----

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

--- Basic System Configuration Dialog ---

This setup utility will guide you through the basic configuration of
the system. Setup configures only enough connectivity for management
of the system.
Please register Cisco MDS 9000 Family devices promptly with your
supplier. Failure to register may affect response times for initial
service calls. MDS devices must be registered to receive entitled
support services.
Press Enter at anytime to skip a dialog. Use ctrl-c at anytime to skip
the remaining dialogs.
Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): y
Create another login account (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-only SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-write SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Enter the switch name: Pod#-MDS9148-Y (where # is your pod number and Y is the
switch ID; for example: POD#-MDS9148-A )
Continue with Out-of-band (mgmt0) management configuration? (yes/no)
[y]: <Enter>
Mgmt0 IPv4 address : <10.0.1.PN >
(where P is your Pod# and N is 1 for MDS9148-A and 2 for MDS9148-B)
Mgmt0 IPv4 netmask : 255.255.255.0

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure advanced IP options? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Enable the ssh service? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Enable the telnet service? (yes/no) [n]: <Yes>
Configure congestion/no_credit drop for fc interfaces? (yes/no)
[y]: <Enter>

Enter the type of drop to configure congestion/no_credit drop?
(con/no) [c]: <Enter>
Enter milliseconds in multiple of 10 for congestion-drop in range [100
- 500], or [d/default] for default: <d>

Enter mode for congestion/no_credit drop[E/F]: <Enter>

Enable the http-server? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>
Configure clock? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure timezone? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure summertime? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure the ntp server? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default switchport interface state (shut/noshut) [shut]:
<Enter>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Configure default switchport port mode F (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default zone policy (permit/deny) [deny]: <Enter>

Enable full zoneset distribution (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default zone mode (basic/enhanced) [basic]: <Enter>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

The following configuration will be applied:
password strength-check
switchname POD#-MDS9148-A
interface mgmt0
ip address 10.0.1.PN 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
no feature ssh
feature telnet
feature http-server
system default switchport shutdown
system default switchport trunk mode on
no system default zone default-zone permit
no system default zone distribute full
no system default zone mode enhanced

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

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Task 2: Configure Fx_Ports

In this task, you will configure switch Fibre Channel interfaces to allow attachment by node
devices.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on your assigned switches.
Step 1 From the Windows desktop, launch Device Manager.

Step 2 Log in to your 9148 with Device Manager as admin with the password 1234QWer
on each of your assigned switches, and:
Step 3 Hold down the CTRL key while selecting the fc1/1 and fc1/2 interfaces on your
assigned 9148 switch.

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Step 4 Right-click one of the selected interfaces and select Configure.

Step 5 Use the pull-down menu in the Mode Admin column and select FX for all
interfaces.

Step 6 Use the pull-down menu in the Status Admin column and select up for both ports.

Step 7 Click Apply.

Step 8 Click Refresh.

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Step 9 Compare the Mode Admin and Mode Oper columns to confirm that FX ports will
automatically detect N_Port (hosts) and they would also support NL_Port (loop /
JBOD) attached devices.

Step 10 Close the FC Interfaces configuration window.

Step 11 Notice that the operational port topology types in Device Manager Device view has
changed, but it always display the port state (F), NOT the port mode (FX).

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Task 3: Configure E_Ports

In this task, you will configure switch Fibre Channel interfaces to create an ISL between the
switches.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on your MDS9148 switch.
Step 1 Log in to Device Manager as admin with the password 1234QWer.
Step 2 Hold down the CTRL key while selecting the fc1/11 and fc 1/12 interfaces.

Step 3 Right-click one of the selected interfaces and select Configure .

Step 4 From the FC Interfaces General tab, use the pull-down menu in the Mode Admin
column to set the administrative mode to E for interfaces fc1/11 and fc1/12.
Step 5 From the FC Interfaces General tab, use the pull-down menu in the Status Admin
column to set the administrative status to up for interfaces fc1/11 and fc1/12.

Step 6 Click Apply.

Step 7 Select the Trunk Config tab. Notice the port is trunking already (remember the
question in setup about “trunk mode”?)

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Step 8 Select the pull-down menu in the Admin column to check the administrative trunk
mode, do NOT change it!

Step 9 Confirm that Device Manager reflects the trunking E port topology type for
interfaces fc1/11 and fc1/12 in the Device view.

Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Display the administrative and operational modes of the ISL interfaces from the CLI
on POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B switches.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show interface brief | include E
fc1/11 1 E on trunking swl TE 2 --
fc1/12 1 E on trunking swl TE 2 --
POD#-MDS9148-A#

POD#-MDS9148-B# show interface brief | include E

fc1/11 1 E on trunking swl TE 2 --
fc1/12 1 E on trunking swl TE 2 --
POD#-MDS9148-B#

Step 2 Display the running configuration administrative trunk modes of the ISL interfaces
from the CLI on POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B switches.

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POD#-MDS9148-B# sh run int fc 1/11-12

!Command: show running-config interface fc1/11-12

!Time: Wed Apr 11 04:25:20 2012

version 5.2(2a)

interface fc1/11
switchport mode E
port-license acquire
no shutdown

interface fc1/12
switchport mode E
port-license acquire
no shutdown

POD#-MDS9148-B#

POD#-MDS9148-A# sh run int fc 1/11-12

!Command: show running-config interface fc1/11-12

!Time: Wed Apr 11 04:25:34 2012

version 5.2(2a)

interface fc1/11
switchport mode E
port-license acquire

no shutdown

interface fc1/12
switchport mode E
port-license acquire
no shutdown

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Task 4: Configure E and TE Ports

In this task, you will configure Fibre Channel switchport modes to configure trunking and
nontrunking E_Ports.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on all switches.
Step 1 Log in to Device Manager as admin with the password 1234QWer.
Step 2 On POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B select the fc1/11 interface.

Step 3 Right-click on the selected interfaces and select Configure .

Step 4 From the FC Interfaces configuration menu, select the Trunk Config tab.

Step 5 Select the radio-button the menu in the Admin row to configure the administrative
mode to nonTrunk for fc1/11. Click Apply.
Step 6 Click Refresh.

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Step 10 Notice you can set a port VSAN for the non-trunking E-Port (VSAN 1 by default
like on all ports) while the setting is irrelevant for a TE Port.

Step 11 Select the Trunk Config tab.

Step 12 Click Refresh.

Step 13 Confirm that the Up VSANs column shows VSAN 1.

Step 14 On POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B switches, create an additional
VSAN.
VSAN ID to be created: (P is your Pod number)
POD#-MDS9148-A: enter VSAN ID P1
POD#-MDS9148-B: enter VSAN ID P2

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Step 15 Notice that the Up VSANs has been created but is down since no ports are assigned.

Step 16 Connect to your adjacent 9222i switch and also create the VSAN there with device
manager. (MDS9222i-A has IP 10.0.1.1 and MDS9222i-B has IP 10.0.1.2)

Note If any “save your configuration” dialog shows up always click “No”

Note If any “CFS changes pending, continue” dialog shows up, always click “yes”

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Step 18 Open the VSAN window from the FC menu

Step 19 Verify your VSAN (P1 or P2 respectively) is now up.

Step 20 Open the FC E/TE window again from the interface… menu

Step 21 Click on the “trunk config” tab and verify VSANs 1 and Px are now trunked on fc
1/12 (fc 1/11 has trunking disabled, so it belongs to only one VSAN)

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Step 22 For security or traffic engineering purposes, you might want to prune the Allowed
VSAN list. On POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B switches, edit the
Allowed VSANs entries to allow only VSANs P1 and P2 on the switchport trunk
allowed list.

Step 23 Select Apply.

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps on POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B switches to
verify your configuration.
Step 1 In Device Manager open the Interfaces > FC E/TE.., General tab and ensure that
the only allowed VSANS are VSANs P1 and P2 only.

Step 2 From the CLI, verify the running configuration switchport trunk allowed
configuration for fc1/11 and fc1/12 on POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-
B.

Pod#-MDS9148-Y# sho run int fc1/11-12

!Command: show running-config interface fc1/11-12

!Time: Wed Apr 11 05:05:15 2012

version 5.2(2a)

interface fc1/11
switchport mode E
switchport trunk mode off
port-license acquire
no shutdown

interface fc1/12
switchport mode E
switchport trunk allowed vsan P1-P2
port-license acquire
no shutdown

Pod#-MDS9148-Y#

Step 3 From the CLI, confirm that the ISLs are trunking VSANs 10 and 20 only on both
switches.
Pod#-MDS9148-Y# sho int trunk vsan
fc1/12 is trunking
Vsan P2 is up (None)
POD#-MDS9148-B#

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Task 5: Connecting to a 9710 director

In this task, you will connect and explore a director class switch.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on all switches.
Step 1 Open your MDS9148 console window or use Putty and connect to your MDS9148.
Step 2 Enable interface fc1/40
PODY-MDS9148-X(config)# int fc1/40
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# no shut
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)#
Step 3 Check the interface state of fc1/40
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# sho interface fc1/40
fc1/40 is down (port activation license not available)
Hardware is Fibre Channel, SFP is short wave laser w/o OFC (SN)
Port WWN is 20:28:54:7f:ee:38:fc:38
Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on
snmp link state traps are enabled
Port vsan is 1
Receive data field Size is 2112
Beacon is turned off
5 minutes input rate 0 bits/sec,0 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
5 minutes output rate 0 bits/sec,0 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
1804 frames input,152680 bytes
0 discards,0 errors
0 invalid CRC/FCS,0 unknown class
0 too long,0 too short
1804 frames output,111724 bytes

0 discards,0 errors
3 input OLS,1 LRR,3 NOS,0 loop inits
6 output OLS,7 LRR, 4 NOS, 4 loop inits
Interface last changed at Thu Mar 27 08:24:54 2014

Last clearing of "show interface" counters :never

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

Q1) What is the interface status? ________________________________________

Q2) Why is the interface down? ________________________________________

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Step 4 Check the number of port licenses on your MDS9148

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# sho license usage
Feature Ins Lic Status Expiry Date Comments
Count
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
FM_SERVER_PKG No - Unused Grace 109D 7H
ENTERPRISE_PKG No - Unused Grace 96D 5H
PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG No 16 In use never -
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

Q3) How many port licenses are installed? ________________________________

Step 5 Check where those licenses are used.

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# show license usage PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG
Application
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Port Manager (fc1/1)
Port Manager (fc1/2)
Port Manager (fc1/3)
Port Manager (fc1/4)
Port Manager (fc1/5)
Port Manager (fc1/6)
Port Manager (fc1/7)
Port Manager (fc1/8)
Port Manager (fc1/9)
Port Manager (fc1/10)

Port Manager (fc1/11)

Port Manager (fc1/12)
Port Manager (fc1/13)
Port Manager (fc1/14)
Port Manager (fc1/15)
Port Manager (fc1/16)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

Step 6 Check your licensed MDS9148 for unused interfaces. (Hint: interfaces without a
SFP plugged will not be used ;) )
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# sho int fc1/1-16 brief
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface Vsan Admin Admin Status SFP Oper Oper Port
Mode Trunk Mode Speed Channel
Mode (Gbps)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/1 1 auto on down swl -- -- --
fc1/2 1 auto on down swl -- -- --

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fc1/3 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --

fc1/4 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --
fc1/5 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --
fc1/6 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --
fc1/7 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --
fc1/8 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --
fc1/9 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --
fc1/10 1 auto on down swl -- -- --
fc1/11 1 auto on down swl -- -- --
fc1/12 1 auto on down swl -- -- --
fc1/13 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --
fc1/14 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --
fc1/15 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --
fc1/16 1 auto on sfpAbsent -- -- -- --
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

Step 7 Remove the port license from a port without a SFP. (e.G. fc1/13)
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# int fc1/13

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# no port-license acquire

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

Step 8 Enable the port license on port fc1/40

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# int fc 1/40
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# port-license acquire
fc1/40: (error) Config allowed only in admin shut state

Step 9 Shutdown the Interface and try again – don’t forget “no shut” to bring it back up!
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# shut

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# port-license acquire

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# no shut

Step 10 Check interface state again.

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# sho interface fc1/40
fc1/40 is trunking
Hardware is Fibre Channel, SFP is short wave laser w/o OFC (SN)
Port WWN is 20:28:54:7f:ee:38:fc:38
Peer port WWN is 20:82:00:2a:6a:64:53:00
Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on
snmp link state traps are enabled
Port mode is TE
Port vsan is 1
Speed is 8 Gbps
Rate mode is dedicated
Transmit B2B Credit is 500
Receive B2B Credit is 32
B2B State Change Number is 14
Receive data field Size is 2112

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Beacon is turned off

Trunk vsans (admin allowed and active) (1)
Trunk vsans (up) (1)
Trunk vsans (isolated) ()
Trunk vsans (initializing) ()
5 minutes input rate 616 bits/sec,77 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
5 minutes output rate 552 bits/sec,69 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
2045 frames input,173964 bytes
0 discards,0 errors
0 invalid CRC/FCS,0 unknown class
0 too long,0 too short
2045 frames output,130612 bytes
0 discards,0 errors
3 input OLS,1 LRR,3 NOS,0 loop inits
7 output OLS,9 LRR, 4 NOS, 5 loop inits
32 receive B2B credit remaining
500 transmit B2B credit remaining
485 low priority transmit B2B credit remaining
Interface last changed at Thu Mar 27 08:43:33 2014

Last clearing of "show interface" counters :never

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

Note If your interface does not show “trunking” ad VSAN 1 as “up” ask your instructor for help.

Step 11 Where is your MDS 9148 fc1/40 connected to?

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# sho cdp neighbors
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

Note CDP and LLDP do NOT operate on FC interfaces.

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# sho topology

FC Topology for VSAN 1 :

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface Peer Domain Peer Interface Peer IP Address(Switch Name)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/40 0x4d(77) fc3/Z 10.10.10.250(MDS9710)
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Q4) Which switch is connected? _________________________________

Q5) Which interface on the switch is used? ________________________

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Step 12 Check interface capabilities on your MDS9148 (all interfaces have the same)
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# sho interface fc1/40 capabilities
fc1/40
Min Speed is 1 Gbps
Max Speed is 8 Gbps
FC-PH Version (high, low) (0,6)
Receive data field size (max/min) (2112/256) bytes
Transmit data field size (max/min) (2112/128) bytes
Classes of Service supported are Class 2, Class 3, Class F
Class 2 sequential delivery supported
Class 3 sequential delivery supported
Hold time (max/min) (100000/1) micro sec
BB state change notification supported
Maximum BB state change notifications 14
Rate Mode change not supported

Rate Mode Capabilities Dedicated

Receive BB Credit modification supported yes

FX mode Receive BB Credit (min/max/default) (1/125/32)
ISL mode Receive BB Credit (min/max/default) (2/125/32)
Performance buffer modification supported no

Out of Service capable yes

Beacon mode configurable yes
Extended B2B credit capable no
On demand port activation license supported yes
PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

Q1) What is is minimum speed supported? ________________________________

Q2) What is is maximum speed supported? ________________________________

Q3) How many buffer credits can be used at maximum? _____________________

Q4) Can you use extended buffer credits? _________________________________

Q5) Is there any port-based licensing? ___________________________________

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Step 13 Check port-resources for interface fc1/40 on your MDS9148

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)# sho port-resources module 1
…
Port-Group 10
Available dedicated buffers are 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Interfaces in the Port-Group B2B Credit Bandwidth Rate Mode
Buffers (Gbps)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/37 32 8.0 dedicated
fc1/38 32 8.0 dedicated
fc1/39 32 8.0 dedicated
fc1/40 32 8.0 dedicated

Port-Group 11
…
Port-Group 12
…

PODY-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

Q6) What is the rate mode of fc1/40? _________________________________________

Q7) Can you change it (hint: look above in the capabilities)? _____________________

Q8) How many buffers do we have per port-group? ____________________________

Q9) How much bandwidth is available per port-group? ___________________________

Q10) Can we run all ports in max speed at the same time? __________________________

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Step 14 Use the Putty cion on your desktop to open a SSH session to 10.0.1.1 (the
MDS9222i-A)
Step 15 Check interface capabilities on the MDS9222i (all interfaces have the same)
MDS9222i-A# sho int fc1/1 capabilities
fc1/1
Min Speed is 1 Gbps
Max Speed is 4 Gbps
FC-PH Version (high, low) (0,6)
Receive data field size (max/min) (2112/256) bytes
Transmit data field size (max/min) (2112/128) bytes
Classes of Service supported are Class 2, Class 3, Class F
Class 2 sequential delivery supported
Class 3 sequential delivery supported
Hold time (max/min) (100000/1) micro sec
BB state change notification supported
Maximum BB state change notifications 14
Rate Mode change supported

Rate Mode Capabilities Shared Dedicated

Receive BB Credit modification supported yes yes
FX mode Receive BB Credit (min/max/default) (1/16/16) (1/250/16)
ISL mode Receive BB Credit (min/max/default) -- (2/250/250)
Performance buffer modification supported no no

Out of Service capable yes

Beacon mode configurable yes
Extended B2B credit capable yes
On demand port activation license supported no
MDS9222i-A#

Q12) What is is minimum speed supported? ________________________________

Q13) What is is maximum speed supported? ________________________________

Q14) How many buffer credits can be used at maximum? ______________________

Q15) Can you use extended buffer credits? _________________________________

Q16) Is there any port-based licensing? ___________________________________

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Step 16 Check port-resources for interface fc1/40 on the MDS9222i

MDS9222i-A# sho port-resources module 1
Module 1
Available dedicated buffers are 891

Port-Group 1
Total bandwidth is 12.8 Gbps
Total shared bandwidth is 0.8 Gbps
Allocated dedicated bandwidth is 12.0 Gbps
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Interfaces in the Port-Group B2B Credit Bandwidth Rate Mode
Buffers (Gbps)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/1 200 2.0 dedicated
fc1/2 200 2.0 dedicated
fc1/3 200 2.0 dedicated
fc1/4 200 2.0 dedicated
fc1/5 200 2.0 dedicated

fc1/6 200 2.0 dedicated

Port-Group 2
…

MDS9222i-A#

Q17) What is the rate mode of fc1/1? ________________________________________

Q18) Can you change it (hint: look above in the capabilities)? _____________________

Q19) How much bandwidth is available per port-group? ___________________________

Q20) Can we run all ports in max speed at the same time? __________________________

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Note The MDS9710 is a shared device for all FastLane MDS labs. To avoid chaos only readonly
access is provided with user student and password 1234QWer – anf there is no need to
ask your instructor for the admin password – he/she doesn’t know it either ;)

Step 17 Use the Putty icon on your desktop to open a SSH session to the MDS9710 using IP
addrsss 10.10.10.250

Step 18 Login with user name “student” and password “1234QWer”

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Step 19 What kind of commands are available? Use the “?” to find out.
MDS9710# ?
change-password Change your password
configure Enter configuration mode
copy Copy from one file to another
debug Debugging functions

dir List files in a directory

no Negate a command or set its defaults
show Show running system information
source Run a script (python, tcl,...) from bootflash:scripts
ssh SSH to another system
terminal Set terminal line parameters
test Test command
end Go to exec mode
exit Exit from command interpreter

MDS9710#

Note You have been assigned with the “network-operator” role, basically read-only access.
You will learn about AAA, roles and privileges later and there is a full lab on it (6-1)

Step 20 Refer back to STEP 11:

Which interface on the 9710 was connecting to your MDS9148?

int fc3/________

-> turn the page

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Step 21 Check interface capabilities on the fc3/Z interface connecting to your MDS9148
MDS9710# sho int fc3/Z capabilities
fc3/Z
Min Speed is 2 Gbps
Max Speed is 16 Gbps
FC-PH Version (high, low) (0,6)
Receive data field size (max/min) (2112/256) bytes
Transmit data field size (max/min) (2112/128) bytes

Classes of Service supported are Class 2, Class 3, Class F

Class 2 sequential delivery supported
Class 3 sequential delivery supported
Hold time (max/min) (100000/1) micro sec
BB state change notification supported
Maximum BB state change notifications 14
Rate Mode change not supported

Rate Mode Capabilities Dedicated

Receive BB Credit modification supported yes
FX mode Receive BB Credit (min/max/default) (1/500/32)
ISL mode Receive BB Credit (min/max/default) (2/500/500)
Performance buffer modification supported yes
FX mode Performance buffers (min/max/default) (1/0/0)
ISL mode Performance buffers (min/max/default) (1/0/0)

Out of Service capable yes

Beacon mode configurable yes
Extended B2B credit capable yes
On demand port activation license supported no
MDS9710#

Q22) What is is minimum speed supported? ________________________________

Q23) What is is maximum speed supported? ________________________________

Q24) How many buffer credits can be used at maximum? ______________________

Q25) Can you use additonal extended buffer credits? __________________________

Q26) Is there any port-based licensing? ___________________________________

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Step 22 Check port-resources for interface fc3/1 on MDS9710 director.

MDS9710# sho port-resources module 3
Module 3
Available dedicated buffers for global buffer #0 [port-group 1] are 2150
…
Port-Group 1
Total bandwidth is 64.0 Gbps
Allocated dedicated bandwidth is 64.0 Gbps
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Interfaces in the Port-Group B2B Credit Bandwidth Rate Mode
Buffers (Gbps)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
fc3/1 500 16.0 dedicated
fc3/2 500 16.0 dedicated
fc3/3 500 16.0 dedicated
fc3/4 500 16.0 dedicated

Port-Group 2

MDS9710#

Q27) What is the rate mode of fc3/1? ________________________________________

Q28) Can you change it (hint: look above in the capabilities)? _____________________

Q29) How much bandwidth is available per port-group? ___________________________

Q30) Can we run all ports in max speed at the same time? __________________________

Q31) Do we have spare buffers we could use? If yes, how many? ____________________

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Q35) How many line cards are installed? _______________________________________

Q36) What is the model of the line card in slot 3? __________________________

Q37) What is the diagnostic status of the Supervisor? ____________________________

Step 24 Determine detailed diagnostic information

MDS9710# sho diagnostic result ?
module Module keyword

MDS9710# sho diagnostic result module ?

<1-10> Module number
all Select all test ID

MDS9710# sho diagnostic result module all

Current bootup diagnostic level: complete

Module 3: 2/4/8/10/16 Gbps Advanced FC Module

Test results: (. = Pass, F = Fail, I = Incomplete,

U = Untested, A = Abort, E = Error disabled)

1) ASICRegisterCheck-------------> .
2) PrimaryBootROM----------------> .
3) SecondaryBootROM--------------> .
4) EOBCPortLoopback--------------> .
5) OBFL--------------------------> .
6) PortLoopback:

Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
-----------------------------------------------------
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U

Port 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
-----------------------------------------------------
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U

Port 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

-----------------------------------------------------
U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U

7) SnakeLoopback:

Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
-----------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Port 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
-----------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Port 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
-----------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8) BootupPortLoopback:

Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
-----------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Port 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
-----------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Port 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
-----------------------------------------------------
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Current bootup diagnostic level: complete

Module 5: Supervisor Module-3 (Active)

Test results: (. = Pass, F = Fail, I = Incomplete,

U = Untested, A = Abort, E = Error disabled)

1) ASICRegisterCheck-------------> .
2) USB---------------------------> .
3) NVRAM-------------------------> .
4) RealTimeClock-----------------> .
5) PrimaryBootROM----------------> .
6) SecondaryBootROM--------------> .
7) CompactFlash------------------> .
8) ExternalCompactFlash----------> .
9) PwrMgmtBus--------------------> .
10) SystemMgmtBus-----------------> .
11) StatusBus---------------------> .
12) StandbyFabricLoopback---------> U
13) ManagementPortLoopback--------> .
14) EOBCPortLoopback--------------> .
15) OBFL--------------------------> .

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Step 25 Find out if any GOLD (Generic OnLine Diagnostics) are running in the background:
MDS9710# sho diagnostic content module all

Module 3: 2/4/8/10/16 Gbps Advanced FC Module

Diagnostics test suite attributes:

B/C/* - Bypass bootup level test / Complete bootup level test / NA
P/* - Per port test / NA
M/S/* - Only applicable to active / standby unit / NA
D/N/* - Disruptive test / Non-disruptive test / NA
H/O/* - Always enabled monitoring test / Conditionally enabled test/NA
F/* - Fixed monitoring interval test / NA
X/* - Not a health monitoring test / NA
E/* - Sup to line card test / NA
L/* - Exclusively run this test / NA
T/* - Not an ondemand test / NA
A/I/* - Monitoring is active / Monitoring is inactive / NA

Module 5: Supervisor Module-3 (Active)

Diagnostics test suite attributes:

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Testing Interval
ID Name Attributes (hh:mm:ss)
____ __________________________________ ____________ _____________
1) ASICRegisterCheck-------------> ***N******A 00:00:20
2) USB---------------------------> C**N**X**T* -NA-
3) NVRAM-------------------------> ***N******A 00:05:00
4) RealTimeClock-----------------> ***N******A 00:05:00
5) PrimaryBootROM----------------> ***N******A 00:30:00
6) SecondaryBootROM--------------> ***N******A 00:30:00
7) CompactFlash------------------> ***N******A 00:30:00
8) ExternalCompactFlash----------> ***N******A 00:30:00
9) PwrMgmtBus--------------------> **MN******A 00:00:30
10) SystemMgmtBus-----------------> **MN******A 00:00:30
11) StatusBus---------------------> **MN******A 00:00:30
12) StandbyFabricLoopback---------> **SN******A 00:00:30
13) ManagementPortLoopback--------> C**D**X**T* -NA-
14) EOBCPortLoopback--------------> C**D**X**T* -NA-
15) OBFL--------------------------> C**N**X**T* -NA-

MDS9710#

Step 26 Check fabric card utilization

MDS9710# sho hardware fabric-utilization
------------------------------------------------
Mod Total Fabric Utilization
Bandwidth Ingress% Egress%
------------------------------------------------
3 440 Gbps 0.0 0.0
5 110 Gbps 0.0 0.0
MDS9710#

Q38) How much bandwidth is available to slot 3? ___________________________

Q39) How much bandwidth would be available with all 6 fabric cards installed?

___________________________

Q40) With all fabric cards plugged, is there any oversubscription (assuming all 48 ports
running at 16G FC)
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Step 27 Display information about power consumption and redundancy.

MDS9710# sho environment power

Power Supply:
Voltage: 50 Volts
Power Actual Total
Supply Model Output Capacity Status
(Watts ) (Watts )
------- ------------------- ----------- ----------- --------------
1 DS-CAC97-3KW 257 W 3000 W Ok
2 DS-CAC97-3KW 247 W 3000 W Ok
3 DS-CAC97-3KW 248 W 3000 W Ok
4 ------------ 0 W 0 W Absent
5 ------------ 0 W 0 W Absent
6 ------------ 0 W 0 W Absent
7 ------------ 0 W 0 W Absent
8 ------------ 0 W 0 W Absent

Actual Power
Module Model Draw Allocated Status
(Watts ) (Watts )
------- ------------------- ----------- ----------- --------------
3 DS-X9448-768K9 377 W 650 W Powered-Up
5 DS-X97-SF1-K9 98 W 190 W Powered-Up
6 supervisor N/A 0 W Absent
Xb1 xbar N/A 150 W Absent
Xb2 DS-X9710-FAB1 58 W 150 W Powered-Up
Xb3 xbar N/A 150 W Absent
Xb4 xbar N/A 150 W Absent
Xb5 DS-X9710-FAB1 59 W 150 W Powered-Up
Xb6 xbar N/A 150 W Absent
fan1 DS-C9710-FAN 50 W 600 W Powered-Up
fan2 DS-C9710-FAN 50 W 600 W Powered-Up
fan3 DS-C9710-FAN 50 W 600 W Powered-Up

N/A - Per module power not available

Power Usage Summary:

--------------------
Power Supply redundancy mode (configured) PS-Redundant
Power Supply redundancy mode (operational) PS-Redundant

Total Power Capacity (based on configured mode) 6000 W

Total Power of all Inputs (cumulative) 9000 W
Total Power Output (actual draw) 752 W
Total Power Allocated (budget) 3880 W
Total Power Available for additional modules 2120 W
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Step 30 Select the port connecting to YOUR MDS9148, right-click and select “Monitor”

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Step 31 Note there is no user traffic (Class 3) going on, just some fabric traffic (Class F)

Step 32 Select the “CF Rx Bytes” Column entry.

Step 33 Select the “Line Chart” Button to create a real-time Chart.

Step 34 Use the Buttons to swutch between different charts.

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Step 35 Close the Chart window.

Step 36 Create a Chart for multiple values: Select the “CF Rx Bytes” AND the “CF Tx
Bytes” number columns (hold CTRL when clicking to mark multiple fields)

Step 37 Create a chart by clicking one of the chart buttons:

Step 38 Now multiple values are shown.

Step 39 Note the PRINT and SAVE Buttons. These Charts are REALTIME ONLY, all Data
is lost when you close the chart.

Note In this lab we do NOT have any user traffic – in a real environment you would want to look at
the user traffic (FCP uses class 3) , not the class F traffic.

Step 40 Close the Chart and the Monitor Window.

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Step 41 Right-click on the Port connecting to YOU MDS9148 and select “Configure”

Note Remember your role does NOT allow you to make changes. Whenever you try you will ge
an error message!

Step 42 Go to the “Optics Rx” tab.

Step 43 Scroll right with the > Button to reveal the “Diagnostics” tab.

Step 44 You can also click the Button on the far right to display a selection for all tabs.

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Step 45 Note you can validate RX and TX power of the SFP – a very useful troubleshooting
feature.

Note “show interface fc x/y transceiver detail” on the CLI will give you the same information.

Step 46 Close the “Configure” Window.

Step 47 Click the Summary Tab in device manager of the MDS9710

Step 48 Find the interface connecting to YOU MDS9148

Step 49 If you click the fc3/x Interface column, the “config” window will be (re-)opened.
Step 50 Select your row by clicking anywhere BUT the interface column.

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Step 51 The Monitor Button will open the “Monitor” Tab we just used.

Step 52 Click the Chart Button to create a quick chart for your interface.

Step 53 Also here in our lab no data is shown – your SAN would look different.

Note You can display multiple interfaces by ctrl clicking multiple rows.

Step 54 Close the chart.

Step 55 Close Device manager.

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Task 6: Display the FLOGI and FCNS Databases

In this task, you will confirm common device registration information across switches.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on all switches.
Step 1 In Device Manager, select the Interface > FC Enabled menu option.

Step 2 Select the FLOGI tab.

Step 3 View the FLOGI information for the devices logged in to the local switch.
Step 4 From Device Manager, select the FC > Name Server menu option to display the
FCNS database.

Step 5 Compare the FCNS and FLOGI database output to determine the end device
registration for POD#-MDS9148-A, POD#-MDS9148-B, MDS-3 and MDS-4.

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Step 6 From the CLI, display the FLOGI database.

Pod#-MDS9148-Y# show flogi database
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTERFACE VSAN FCID PORT NAME NODE NAME

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/2 1 0x2a0000 21:00:00:24:ff :3d:d5:a5 20:00:00:24:ff:3 d:d5:a5

Total number of flogi = 1.

Pod#-MDS9148-Y#

Step 7 Display the FCNS database.

POD#-MDS9148-B# sho fcns database

VSAN 1:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
FCID TYPE PWWN (VENDOR) FC4-TYPE:FEATURE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x2a0000 N 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5 scsi-fcp:init
0x650256 NL 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:c8:5b scsi-fcp:target
0x6502b3 NL 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:d2:8a scsi-fcp:target
0x650356 NL 21:00:00:1d:38:4f:c8:5b scsi-fcp:target
0x6503b3 NL 21:00:00:1d:38:4f:d2:8a scsi-fcp:target
0x650456 NL 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:d3:86 scsi-fcp:target
0x6504b3 NL 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:05:3a scsi-fcp:target
0x660256 NL 21:00:00:1d:38:4f:d3:86 scsi-fcp:target
0x6602b3 NL 21:00:00:1d:38:4f:05:3a scsi-fcp:target
0x660356 NL 21:00:00:1d:38:43:07:8c scsi-fcp:target

0x6603b3 NL 21:00:00:1d:38:32:56:f3 scsi-fcp:target

0x660556 NL 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:c8:bd scsi-fcp:target
0x6605b3 NL 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:07:a0 scsi-fcp:target

Total number of entries = 13

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Task 6: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 In Device Manager, open a session to your adjacent MDS9222i switch

Step 2 Authenticate with username admin and password 1234QWer

Step 3 In menu “FC” click “VSANs…”

Step 4 Select your VSAN (P1/P2) and click “delete”

1. Confirm deletion of your VSAN

2. Repeat this Steps 1 - 4 on your adjacent MDS9222i!

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3. Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by clicking the blue
switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin
Password: 1234QWer
4. Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR THE CORE
9222is!!! .
# write erase

The following message is displayed:

Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Type y to proceed.
5. Reboot the 9148 switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.

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Lab 3-2: Configuring PortChannels

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will configure and manage PortChannels. After completing this activity,
you will be able to meet these objectives:

! Manually create a PortChannel

! Use the PortChannel Wizard to create a PortChannel
! Observe the behavior of FSPF with and without PortChannels when a link goes down

Visual Objective
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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment required to complete this activity:
! 4 MDS 9000 Series Fibre Channel switches with ISLs between them
! 2 Windows management servers with DCNM SAN and Device Manager installed and each
with a dual-port Fibre Channel HBA
! 1 JBOD with at least two disks

Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity.

Command Description

config Enters configuration mode.

Enters interface configuration sub-mode for FC interface y

interface fcx
y
/
on module x .

Enters interface configuration sub-mode for FC interfaces

interface fcx
y-z
/
y through z on module x .

interface port-channel Y Enters interface configuration sub-mode for PortChannel x .

no int port-channel # Deletes the specified port-channel.

Add the current interface to PortChannel x . Force options

channel-group x
[force] forces a new member to inherit the PortChannel interface
properties.

show port-channel database Display the PortChannel database.

Displays the running-configuration for the indicated

show run interface fc x
y
/
interface(s).

show int brief Displays status for all interfaces with less detail.

show int port-channel x

Displays the status for PortChannel x.

vsan database Enter the VSAN database configuration mode

vsan [vsan-id] Configure a VSAN

vsan [vsan-id] interface fc Assign a VSAN to an interface

x/y

switchport speed <X>

Configure the speed for the interface

switchport rate-mode <X>

Configure the interface in dedicated or shared mode

switchport mode <X>

Configure the switchport type

switchport trunk mode <X>

Configure the trunk mode for the interface

show vsan membership Display the VSAN membership database

show port-channel Display the compatibility parameters for port-channels

compatibility-parameters

show logging info Confirm the current logging parameters

logging console Enable logging to the console port

undebug all Switch off all debugging

debug fspf flood vsan <X>

Switch on debugging for FSPF flooding in a particular
VSAN

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show debug Display the current debug configuration

copy run start Copy the running-configuration to startup-configuration

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Step 2 After the switch reboots, it will automatically launch the setup process. Answer the
questions according to the following example, replacing your pod number and

switch ID where appropriate.

---- System Admin Account Setup ----

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

Step 5 You will now use Device Manager to enable the links between the switches you are
managing. Launch Device Manager.

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Step 6 Connect to your 9148, enter the password 1234QWer , then click Open.

Step 7 Note all ports are (shut)down.

Step 8 Enable interfaces FC1/1 and FC1/2 on the 9148s as an F port and

FC1/11 and FC1/12 as an E port. Since all ports are autosensing by default,
enabling them is enough.

Note The 9222i has been preconfigured.

Step 9 Launch DCNM SAN, enter the password 1234QWer , click Login.

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Step 10 Click Discover . Enter the IP address of YOUR 9148, username admin password
1234QWer, click Discover .

Step 11 Select the fabric you have just discovered and click Open.

Step 12 In the DCNM SAN toolbar, click the Create VSAN icon.

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Note If your VSAN is already present (on the MDS9222i) you probably forgot to delete it in the
cleanup exercise from the previouos lab.

Step 13 Enter the VSAN ID to be created.

ONLY POD#-MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A: enter VSAN ID P1
ONLY POD#-MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B: enter VSAN ID P2

Step 14 Click Create.

Step 15 In the Physical Attributes pane, select the Switches > Interfaces > FC Physical
placeholder.

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Step 16 If you are configuring Fabric A assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-A and
MDS9222i-A
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-A: VSAN P1 members = fc1/1, fc1/2
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-A FOR YOUR POD ONLY :
Pod number 9222i-A VSAN
Port

1 fc1/4 11

2 fc1/8 21
3 fc1/12 31
4 fc1/16 41

DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i

Step 17 If you are configuring Fabric B assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-B and
MDS9222i-B
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
!
POD#-MDS9148-B: VSAN P2 members = fc1/1, fc1/2
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-B FOR YOUR POD ONLY:
Pod number 9222i-B VSAN
Port
1 fc1/4 12
2 fc1/8 22
3 fc1/12 32

4 fc1/16 42
DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i
Step 18 Do not forget to Click the Apply Changes button.
Step 19 From the CLI, verify the interface VSAN membership.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show vsan membership
vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5 fc1/6
fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9 fc1/10
…
vsan 11 interfaces:
fc1/1 fc1/2

POD#-MDS9148-B# show vsan membership

vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5 fc1/6
fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9 fc1/10
…
vsan 12 interfaces:
fc1/1 fc1/2

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Step 20 Select All VSANs in the Logical Domains pane.

Step 21 Verify that the operational state of VSAN P1 and VSAN P2 shows the operational
state up.

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Task 2: Manually Create a PortChannel

In this task, you will configure a PortChannel between the two 9148 switches.

Note You will need to work together in this exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on the specified MDS switch in your pod.
Step 1 On both your MDS9148 (NOT on the MDS9222i), create VSAN P0. (P is your Pod
number)
POD#-MDS9148-A# conf
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# vsan database
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-vsan-db)# vsan 10
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-vsan-db)# exit
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)#

Step 2 Enable Ports fc1/21 and fc1/22.

POD#-MDS9148-A# conf
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# int fc 1/21-22
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no shut
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# exit
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)#

Step 3 Check the status of these ports.

POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# sho int fc1/21-22 brief

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface Vsan Admin Admin Status SFP Oper Oper Port
Mode Trunk Mode Speed Channel
Mode (Gbps)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/21 1 auto on licenseNotAvail swl -- --
fc1/22 1 auto on licenseNotAvail swl -- --
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)#

Q1) Why are the ports down? _________________________________

Step 4 Remove the licenses from ports 13-16 and enable 2 port licenses on ports 21 and 22.
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# int fc1/13-16
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no port-license acquire
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# int fc1/21-22
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# port-license acquire
fc1/22: (error) Config allowed only in admin shut state
fc1/21: (error) Config allowed only in admin shut state
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# shut
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# port-license acquire
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no shut
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)#

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Step 5 Check interface state again. If the links are not up yet, check with your Pod partner,
who configures the other 9148.
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# sho int fc1/21-22 brief

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface Vsan Admin Admin Status SFP Oper Oper Port
Mode Trunk Mode Speed Channel
Mode (Gbps)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/21 1 auto on notConnected swl -- --
fc1/22 1 auto on notConnected swl -- --
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)#

When both sides are done:

POD#-MDS9148-B# sho int fc1/21-22 brief

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface Vsan Admin Admin Status SFP Oper Oper Port
Mode Trunk Mode Speed Channel
Mode (Gbps)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/21 1 auto on trunking swl TE 4 --
fc1/22 1 auto on trunking swl TE 4 --
POD#-MDS9148-B#

Step 6 Open DCNM, if not already open

Step 7 In DCNM, click your newly created VSAN (P0) as the Logical Domain

Step 8 In the Fabric View, select “Dim/Hide unselected VSAN mambers”

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Step 9 Hover the mouse over the fat link between the two switches, note the labels.

Step 10 Click “Expand multiple Links”. Note there are two links between the 9222i and the
9148

Step 11 On both switches, display the current status of the ISLs, interfaces fc1/21 and
fc1/22.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show interface brief | include E
Step 12 Are all interfaces trunking? ______________________
Step 13 On both switches, display the allowed VSANs for each interface.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show int <fc1/21 > | include vsan
POD#-MDS9148-A# show int <fc1/22 > | include vsan

Port VSAN Allowed-active Up Isolated Initializing

fc1/21

fc1/22

Step 14 On the POD#-MDS9148-A , create PortChannel X , where X is your Pod number.

POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface port-channel <X>
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# exit

Step 15 On both switches, enter the following command to show the port-channel
compatibility parameters.
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# show port-channel compatibility-
parameters

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Parameters that have to be consistent across all members in a

port-channel.

1. physical port layer

Members must have the same interface type, such as fibre
channel, ethernet or fcip.
2. port mode
Members must have the same port mode configured, either E or
AUTO. If they are configured in AUTO port mode, they have to
negotiate E mode when they come up. If a member negotiates a
different mode, it will be suspended.
3. trunk mode
Members must have the same trunk mode configured. If they are
configured in AUTO trunking mode, they have to negotiate the
same trunking mode when they come up. If a member negotiates a
different mode, it will be suspended.
4. speed
Members must have the same speed configured. If they are
configured in AUTO
. . .

(output removed)
Step 16 On the POD#-MDS9148-A , assign interfaces fc1/21 and fc1/22 to PortChannel X .
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface fc1/21,fc 1/22
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# channel-group <X>
fc1/21 fc1/22 added to port-channel 5 and disabled
please do the same operation on the switch at the other end of
the port-channel, then do "no shutdown" at both ends to bring
it up
Did this command cause an error? If so, re-enter with the force option to override
the inconsistent compatibility parameters.
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# channel-group <X> force

Step 17 Note the message and the interface state.

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# sho int fc1/21-22 brief

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface Vsan Admin Admin Status SFP Oper Oper Port
Mode Trunk Mode Speed Channel
Mode (Gbps)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/21 1 auto on down swl -- 5
fc1/22 1 auto on down swl -- 5
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)#

Step 18 WAIT FOR YOUR POD PARTNER to complete the Port-Channel configuration.
Step 19 On both POD#-MDS9148, enable the ports.
POD1-MDS9148-X(config-if)# no shut
POD1-MDS9148-X(config-if)# end

Note If ISL ports on either switch show their status is suspended in the show interface brief
output, disable and re-enable those interfaces.

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Step 20 On both switches, display the results.

POD#-MDS9148-A# sh int br | in E
If necessary, repeat the command until you see that trunking is enabled.
Step 21 On both switches, display the trunk VSANs for each interface.
POD#-MDS9148-A# sh interface port-channel <X>
| in vsan
POD#-MDS9148-A# sh interface fc1/21 | in vsan
POD#-MDS9148-A# sh interface fc1/22 | in vsan

Port VSAN Allowed-active Up Isolated Initializing

port-channel X

fc1/21

fc1/22

Step 22 Display the PortChannel database.

Pod1-MDS9148-X# sho port-channel database
port-channel 5

Administrative channel mode is on

Operational channel mode is on
Last membership update succeeded
First operational port is fc1/22
2 ports in total, 2 ports up
Ports: fc1/21 [up]
fc1/22 [up] *

Pod1-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 In DCNM check VSAN 10 fabric View.

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Step 4 Confirm the CORRECT CONNECTIONS are in the Selected window and click
Next.

Step 5 The Wizard proceeds to 3 of 3: Create Port Channel. Enter the following
information.
! In both Channel Id: fields, enter 1 X number (where X is your Pod Number).
! Select the trunk option.
! Select autoMax2G option (IMPORTANT!!!)

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 8 On both switches, display the results.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show interface brief | include E
If necessary, repeat the command until you see that trunking is enabled.
Step 9 On both switches, display the trunk VSANs for each interface.

POD#-MDS9148-A# sh interface port-channel <X> | in vsan

POD#-MDS9148-A# sh interface fc1/11 | in vsan
POD#-MDS9148-A# sh interface fc1/12 | in vsan

Port VSAN Allowed-active Up Isolated Initializing

port-channel X

Fc1/11

Fc1/12

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Task 4: Demonstrate the Benefit of Port Channeling with FSPF

In this task, you will observe the behavior of FSPF with PortChannels when a link goes down.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on your MDS9148 switch.
Step 1 Confirm console logging is turned on. Enable if logging is disabled.

POD#-MDS9148-A# show logging info ( Ctrl C to terminate display )

Logging console: enabled (Severity: critical)
Logging monitor: enabled (Severity:
notifications)
Logging linecard: enabled (Severity:
notifications)
Logging timestamp: Seconds
Logging server: disabled
Logging logfile: enabled
Name - messages: Severity - notifications Size -
4194304

Facility Default Severity Current Session

Severity
-------- ---------------- -------------------
aaa 3 3
aam 2 2
acl 2 2
auth 0 0
authpriv 3 3
bootvar 5 5
callhome 2 2
capability 2 2
cdp 2 2
cert_enroll 2 2
cfs 3 3
--More--

Step 2 Disable any existing debug settings, then enable debugging for FSPF flood and
display the debug status.
POD#-MDS9148-A# undebug all (abbr. # un a)
POD#-MDS9148-A# debug fspf flood vsan 10
show debug
POD#-MDS9148-A#

FSPF Routing Protocol Application:

FSPF flooding debug debugging is on for vsan: 10

Step 3 Disable one of the PortChannels and observe the FSPF flooding messages.
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface port-channel <X>

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# shut
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# exit

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2012 Apr 11 09:12:30.777374 fspf: Updating designated. Input intf

0x4000004 VSAN 1 domain 42 added=0
2012 Apr 11 09:12:30.777517 fspf: Intf 0x0 is designated for VSAN 1
domain 42
2012 Apr 11 09:12:30.777610 fspf: Flood optimisation flag = 1 on VSAN
1
2012 Apr 11 09:12:30.777650 fspf: Intf 0x400000e is designated for
VSAN 1 domain 102
2012 Apr 11 09:12:30.777699 fspf: Flooding LSR 125 to VSAN 1 intf
port-channel 15
2012 Apr 11 09:12:30.778185 fspf: Updating designated. Input intf
0x4000004 VSAN 10 domain 81 added=0
2012 Apr 11 09:12:30.778235 fspf: Intf 0x0 is designated for VSAN 10
domain 81
2012 Apr 11 09:12:30.845548 fspf: Rcvd new inst 8000000c of LSR 42 in
VSAN 1 on intf port-channel 15

Step 4 Re-enable the PortChannel interface and observe the debug messages.
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface port-chan <X>

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no shut
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# exit
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.868624 fspf: Updating designated. Input intf
0x4000004 VSAN 1 domain 42 added=1
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.868694 fspf: Intf 0x4000004 is designated for
VSAN 1 domain 42
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.868732 fspf: Flood optimisation flag = 1 on VSAN
1
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.868769 fspf: Intf 0x4000004 is designated for
VSAN 1 domain 42
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.869981 fspf: Rcvd same inst 800000e1 of LSR 101
in VSAN 1 on intf port-channel 5
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.870175 fspf: Rcvd same inst 800000ec of LSR 102
in VSAN 1 on intf port-channel 5
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.870314 fspf: Rcvd same inst 8000000c of LSR 42
in VSAN 1 on intf port-channel 5
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.870449 fspf: Rcvd same inst 800000e4 of LSR 125
in VSAN 1 on intf port-channel 5
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.874163 fspf: Flood optimisation flag = 1 on VSAN
1
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.874235 fspf: Intf 0x4000004 is designated for
VSAN 1 domain 42
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.874286 fspf: Flooding LSR 125 to VSAN 1 intf
port-channel 5
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.874324 fspf: Flood optimisation flag = 1 on VSAN
1
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.874360 fspf: Intf 0x400000e is designated for
VSAN 1 domain 102
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.874406 fspf: Flooding LSR 125 to VSAN 1 intf
port-channel 15
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.875620 fspf: Rcvd new inst 8000000d of LSR 42 in
VSAN 1 on intf port-channel 5
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.875773 fspf: Flood optimisation flag = 1 on VSAN
1
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.875815 fspf: Intf 0x400000e is designated for
VSAN 1 domain 102
2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.875860 fspf: Flooding LSR 42 to VSAN 1 intf
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2012 Apr 11 09:13:37.879054 fspf: Rcvd same inst 8000000d of LSR 42

in VSAN 1 on intf port-channel 15

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# 2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.841226 fspf: Updating

designated. Input intf 0x4000004 VSAN 10 domain 81 added=1
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.841283 fspf: Intf 0x4000004 is designated for
VSAN 10 domain 81
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.841321 fspf: Flood optimisation flag = 1 on VSAN
10
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.841358 fspf: Intf 0x4000004 is designated for
VSAN 10 domain 81
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.842400 fspf: Rcvd old inst 80000008 of LSR 237
in VSAN 10 on intf port-channel 5
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.842453 fspf: Sending instance 80000009 of LSR
237 on interface port-channel 5 in VSAN 10
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.842493 fspf: Rcvd new inst 80000009 of LSR 81 in
VSAN 10 on intf port-channel 5
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.844778 fspf: Rcvd same inst 80000009 of LSR 81
in VSAN 10 on intf port-channel 5
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.848627 fspf: Flood optimisation flag = 1 on VSAN
10
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.848698 fspf: Intf 0x4000004 is designated for
VSAN 10 domain 81
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.848748 fspf: Flooding LSR 237 to VSAN 10 intf
port-channel 5
2012 Apr 11 09:13:52.849669 fspf: Rcvd new inst 8000000a of LSR 81 in
VSAN 10 on intf port-channel 5

Step 5 Demonstrate FSPF fault-tolerance by demonstrating that a member failure in the

PortChannel will not trigger a route change. So, no link updates are propagated;
therefore no disruption is caused from the link failure. Use Device Manager or the
CLI to disable and then re-enable interface fc1/21 and/or fc1/11.
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface fc1/21
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# shut
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no shut
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# end

And/or

POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface fc1/11

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# shut
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no shut
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# end

Note You will not observe any FSPF link update messages.

Step 6 Disable all debugging.

POD#-MDS9148-A# undebug all

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps on both switches to verify your configuration.

Step 1 Display the PortChannel database.

POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# sho port-channel database
port-channel 5
Administrative channel mode is on
Operational channel mode is on
Last membership update succeeded
First operational port is fc1/22
2 ports in total, 2 ports up
Ports: fc1/21 [up]
fc1/22 [up] *

port-channel 15
Administrative channel mode is active
Operational channel mode is active
Last membership update succeeded
First operational port is fc1/12
2 ports in total, 2 ports up
Ports: fc1/11 [up]
fc1/12 [up] *

POD#-MDS9148-A(config)#

Step 2 From the DCNM SAN topology map, mouse-over the ISL between POD#-
MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A and between Pod#-MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B .
Step 3 Verify that the PortChannels <X> are trunking E-ports.

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Task 5: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 On the 9222i you have been working with, select the Device Manager interface ->
PortChannels menu item.

Step 2 Select ONLY the Port-Channel 1P YOU created and click “Delete”

Step 3 Click “Close”

Step 4 Note the ports connecting the 9222i to your 9148s are now disabled.
Step 5 Select ONLY the ports belonging to your Pod.
Pod1: Ports 1/1 and 1/2

Pod2:
Pod3: Ports
Ports 1/5
1/9 and
and 1/6
1/10
Pod4: Ports 1/13 and 1/14
Step 6 Right-click and select “configure”

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Step 7 Configure the ports with the following parameters:

Mode Admin: auto
Speed Admin: autoMax2G
Status Admin: up

Step 8 Click “Apply”

Step 9 Click “Close”
Step 10 Close Device Manager
Step 11 In DCNM in “Logical Domain”, right-click YOUR VSAN and select “delete
VSAN”

Step 12 Confirm deletion of your VSAN

Step 13 If DCNM SAN warns you about that VSAN being in use, also confirm there.

Step 14 Open the “Admin…” dialog from the Server entry in the menu bar

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Step 15 Select the “Fabrics” tab.

Step 16 Select your current fabric and click “Remove” to remove the database.

Step 17 Confirm deletion

Step 18 Dismiss the status dialog.

Step 19 Note there is NO fabric now. This will trigger discovery and allows us to start with a

clean database the next time we start DCNM SAN.

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Step 20 Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by

clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin
Password: 1234QWer
Step 21 Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR
THE CORE 9222is!!! .
# write erase
The following message is displayed:
Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Type y to proceed.
Step 22 Reboot the 9148 switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.

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Lab 3-3: Configuring Cisco NPV and NPIV

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will configure and manage NPV mode and the NPIV feature.
After completing this activity, you will be able to meet these objectives:

! Configure NPV mode on an MDS 9148 switch—NPV Edge

! Verify the NPIV feature on an MDS 9222i switch—NPV Core
! Observe the login behavior by monitoring the FLOGI and FCNS databases
! Configure a Trunking F-port PortChannel between an NPV switch and the Upstream Core
Switch

Visual Objective
The figure illustrates what you will accomplish in this activity.

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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment that are required to complete this activity:
! Four Cisco MDS 9000 Series Fibre Channel switches
! Two Windows management servers with Cisco DCNM-SAN and Cisco Device Manager
previously installed and each with a dual-port Fibre Channel HBA
! One JBOD with at least two disks

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Command List
The table describes the commands that are used in this activity.

Command Description

config Enters configuration mode

Enters interface configuration submode for Fibre Channel

interface fcx/y
interface y on module x

Enters interface configuration submode for Fibre Channel

interface fcx/y-z
interfaces y through z on module x

Displays the running configuration for the indicated interface or

show run interface fcx/y
interfaces

show int brief Displays status for all interfaces with less detail

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Step 2 After the switch reboots, it will automatically launch the setup process. Answer the
questions according to the following example, replacing your pod number and
switch ID where appropriate.
---- System Admin Account Setup ----

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

--- Basic System Configuration Dialog ---

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

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Task 2: Configure NPV

In this task, you will configure the edge switch for NPV mode.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on the 9148 switch ONLY.
Step 1 Login to Device Manager on your assigned 9148 switch , select the Admin drop-

down menu and click

Step 2 Switch to the “Control” tab.

Step 3 Find NPV and select enable from the drop down-menu.

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Step 4 Click Apply

Step 5 Enabling NPV mode will erase the current configuration and require a reboot of
the switch. Select Yes to accept. The switch will be rebooted.
Step 6 Click “Close” to close the feature window.
Step 7 Open the console window to your assigned 9148 switch by clicking in the blue
switch icon in the remote lab GUI… but do NOT wait for the switch to finish
booting but continue with the next task.

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Task 3: Verify NPIV

In this task, you will verify the upstream 9222i switch for NPIV support.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following.
Step 1 Login to Device Manager of your adjacent 9222i switch.

Step 2 select the Admin drop-down menu.

Step 3 Select the “Control”. Note there are a LOT more features on the 9222i.

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Step 4 Find NPIV. VERIFY the Status is enabled. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING.

Step 5 Click “Close”

Step 6 Note the ports to your 9148 are now down… We have started from scratch but
enabling NPV will ALWAYS DELETE the former FC config (but the management
config like users and IP address is still there)

Step 7 Open your assigned 9148 in Device Manager.

Step 8 Note all interfaces are disabled.

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Step 9 Select interfaces FC1/1 and FC1/2 (holding CTRL), right click and select
Configure.

Step 10 Configure the interface as follows:

Mode: F
Speed: Auto
Admin: Up

Step 11 Click Apply.

Step 12 Hover the mouse over the ports you just enabled.

Q2) Why are they down? ______________________________________

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Step 13 To enable an upstream port right-click on fc1/11 and click “Configure”

Step 14 Configure the interface as follows:

Mode: NP
Speed: auto
Admin: Up

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Step 15 Click “Apply” and “Close”

Step 16 Click “refresh display” in device manager

Step 17 Confgure also fc1/12 as an NP port.

Step 18 Verify the F Ports FC1/1 and FC1/2 are up now.

Step 19 In Device Manager verify that fc1/11 and fc1/12 are configured as an NP port.

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Task 4: Display the FLOGI and FCNS Databases with NPV

In this task, you will confirm common device registration information across switches.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on all switches to verify your configuration.
Step 1 From the CLI, try to display the FLOGI databases on your 9148
POD#-MDS9148-B# sho flogi database
^
% Invalid command at '^' marker.
POD#-MDS9148-B#

POD#-MDS9148-B# sho npv flogi-table

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SERVER EXTERNAL
INTERFACE VSAN FCID PORT NAME NODE NAME INTERFACE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/2 1 0x650041 21:00:00:24:ff: 3d:d5:a5 20:00:00:24:ff: 3d:d5:a5 fc1/11

Total number of flogi = 1.

POD#-MDS9148-B#

Step 2 From the CLI (or device manager) display the FLOGI databases on the 9222i

MDS9222i-A# show flogi database

----------------------------------------------------------------------
INTERFACE VSAN FCID PORT NAME NODE NAME
----------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/5 10 0x0b0000 10:00:00:06:2b :08:e5:30 20:00:00:06:2b :08:e5:30
fc1/6 10 0x0b019b 22:00:00:04:cf :70:4b:f7 20:00:00:04:cf:7 0:4b:f7
fc1/6 10 0x0b01b3 22:00:00:04:cf :70:4a:3b 20:00:00:04:cf:7 0:4a:3b

fc1/10 1 0x0 10200 20:05:00:0d:ec :3d:b2:00 20:01:00:0d:ec :3d:b2:01

fc1/10 1 0x0 10300 10:00:00:06:2b :08:e5:81 20:00:00:06:2b:0 8:e5:81
<output removed>
Total number of flogi = 5.

Step 3 Try to display the FCNS database on your 9148

POD#-MDS9148-B# sho fcns database
^
% Invalid command at '^' marker.
POD#-MDS9148-B#

Note There is no equivalent to “show fcns database” on a NPV switch.

Step 4 Check NPV status.

POD#-MDS9148-B# sho npv status

npiv is disabled

disruptive load balancing is disabled

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External Interfaces:
====================
Interface: fc1/11, VSAN: 1, FCID: 0x650040, State: Up

Number of External Interfaces: 1

Server Interfaces:
==================
Interface: fc1/1, VSAN: 1, State: Up
Interface: fc1/2, VSAN: 1, State: Up

Number of Server Interfaces: 2

POD#-MDS9148-B#

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Task 5: Configure Trunking F-port PortChannel

In this task, you will configure a Trunking F-port PortChannel between the NPV switch and the
core 9222is.
We are going to use Device Manager to create the channel – of course also CLI or DCNM
could be used.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following step.
Step 1 Open up Device Manager to your adjacent MDS9222i . Go to the Admin drop-
down menu and select Feature Control.

Step 2 Select the “control” tab

Step 3 VERIFY the fport-channel-trunk feature.

Step 4 Click Close.

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Step 5 On the 9222i Device Manager, select “Port Channels…” from the interface
menu.

Step 6 Click the “Create…” Button

Step 7 Use the following parameters:

! PortChannel number is your Pod number
! TrunkAdmin set to “trunk”
! ModeAdmin set to “auto”
! SpeedAdmin set to “autoMax2G”

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Step 8 Click the “…” Button next to “Interface members”

Step 9 Select ONLY the interfaces connecting to YOUR MDS9148:

Pod number Interfaces on MDS9222is
1 1/1 and 1/2
2 1/5 and 1/6
3 1/9 and 1/10
4 1/13 and 1/14

Step 10 Click Close

Step 11 Confirm the configuration and click “Create”

Step 12 Click “Close” to close the “Create Port-Channel” dialog window.

Step 13 Verify your Port-Channel settings

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Step 14 Select the “Admin Mode” of YOUR PortChannel and change the setting to
“Active”

Step 15 Click “Apply” to activate

Step 16 Leave the dialog open for now.

Step 17 On your assigned 9148 NPV switch configure the port-channel interface, and
interface fc1/11 and fc1/12 as follows:

POD#-MDS9148-A# conf
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# int port-channel <X>

(where <X> is your pod number)
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# switchport mode NP
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# switchport trunk mode on
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# switchport rate-mode dedicated

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# int fc 1/11-12
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# channel-group <X> force
(where <X> is your pod number)
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no shut
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# end

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Task 6: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 On the 9222i you have been working with, select the Device Manager interface ->
PortChannels menu item.

Step 2 Select ONLY the Port-Channel 1P YOU created and click “Delete”

Step 3 Click “Close”

Step 4 Note the ports connecting the 9222i to your 9148s are now disabled.
Step 5 Select ONLY the ports belonging to your Pod.
Pod1: Ports 1/1 and 1/2

Pod2:
Pod3: Ports
Ports 1/5
1/9 and
and 1/6
1/10
Pod4: Ports 1/13 and 1/14
Step 6 Right-click and select “configure”

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Step 7 Configure the ports with the following parameters:

Mode Admin: auto
Speed Admin: autoMax2G
Status Admin: up

Step 8 Click “Apply”

Step 9 Click “Close”
Step 10 Close Device Manager
Step 11 Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by
clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin

Password: 1234QWer
Step 12 Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR
THE CORE 9222is!!! .
# write erase
The following message is displayed:
Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Type y to proceed.
Step 13 Reboot the 9148 switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.

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Lab 3-4: VSANs, Domain Management and FCIDs

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will create VSANs and assign interfaces based on port ID and device
WWN. After completing this activity, you will be able to meet these objectives:

! Create VSANs and assign VSAN membership to interfaces

! Observe what happens when you delete a VSAN that contains interfaces
! Implement redundant virtual fabrics with VSANs
! Manually configure the Domain ID and principal switch in a VSAN

Visual Objective
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This lab, you will implement a redundant fabric configuration using VSANs P1 and P2. You
will assign host and storage ports to these VSANs. As shown in the diagrams, the hosts and
JBOD each have two ports. You will assign one port to each VSAN.
The diagram illustrates a typical configuration. In this configuration, a separate VSAN is
created on each switch. No ISLs are connected between the fabrics. HBA multipathing allows
the hosts to use VSAN P1 as the primary VSAN, while using VSAN P2 as secondary VSAN.

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Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity.

Command Description

write erase Erases the switch’s startup configuration.

reload Reboots the switch.

config Enters configuration mode.

vsan database Enter VSAN database submode.

vsan vsan-id Specifies the VSAN ID. The range is 1 to 4093.

vsan vsan-id [interface] Adds interfaces to a VSAN.

show vsan [vsan-id] Displays information for the specified VSAN ID.

show vsan [vsan-id]

Displays membership information.
[membership]

show interface [trunk vsan] Displays the trunking status of all VSANs.

interface fc slot/port Configure a Fibre Channel interface.

no shutdown Enable an interface.

no vsan vsan-id Deletes a VSAN.

show fcdomain Displays the Fibre Channel domain (fcdomain) runtime

information.

Displays a list of domain IDs granted by the principal

show fcdomain domain-list
switch.

Displays the name server database for a specified VSAN

show fcns database
or for all VSANs.

fcdomain domain [id] static

Configures the domain ID as static.
[vsan-id]

fcdomain restart disruptive

Forces the disruptive fabric reconfiguration.
[vsan-id]

fcdomain priority [value]

Specifies the FC domain priority. The range is 1 to 254.
[vsan-id]
show run Displays the switch running configuration

copy run start Copies the switch running configuration to startup config.

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

--- Basic System Configuration Dialog ---

This setup utility will guide you through the basic configuration of
the system. Setup configures only enough connectivity for management
of the system.
Please register Cisco MDS 9000 Family devices promptly with your
supplier. Failure to register may affect response times for initial
service calls. MDS devices must be registered to receive entitled
support services.
Press Enter at anytime to skip a dialog. Use ctrl-c at anytime to skip
the remaining dialogs.
Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): y
<Enter>
Create another login account (yes/no) [n]:
Configure read-only SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-write SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Enter the switch name: Pod#-MDS9148-Y (where # is your pod number and Y is the
switch ID; for example: POD#-MDS9148-A )
Continue with Out-of-band (mgmt0) management configuration? (yes/no)
[y]: <Enter>
Mgmt0 IPv4 address : <10.0.1.PN >
(where P is your Pod# and N is 1 for MDS9148-A and 2 for MDS9148-B)
Mgmt0 IPv4 netmask : 255.255.255.0

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

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Task 2: Create VSANs and Implement Redundant Fabrics

In this task, you will create VSANs, assign VSAN membership to interfaces, and create
redundant fabrics.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on all switches in your pod.
Step 1 You will use Device Manager to enable the links between the switches you are
managing. Launch Device Manager.

Step 2 Connect to the first of your switches, enter the password 1234QWer , then click
Open.

Step 3 Note all ports are down.

Step 4 Enable interfaces FC1/1 and FC1/2 on the 9148s as an F port and

FC1/11 and FC1/12 as an E port. Since all ports are autosensing by default,
enabling them is enough.

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Step 5 Right-click on one of the relevant interfaces and select Configure .

Step 6 Click Close.

Step 7 Launch DCNM SAN, enter the password 1234QWer , click Login.

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Step 8 Click Discover . Enter the IP address of your 9148, username admin and password
1234QWer and click Discover .

Step 9 Select the fabric you have just discovered and click Open.

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Step 10 In the DCNM SAN toolbar, click the Create VSAN icon.

Step 11 Enter the VSAN ID to be created. Typically, static domains would be set here upon

initial VSAN creation. However, Static Domain IDs will be set in a task later in this
exercise:
ONLY YOUR POD#-MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A: enter VSAN ID P1
ONLY YOUR POD#-MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B: enter VSAN ID P2

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Step 12 Click Create.

Step 13 In the Physical Attributes pane, select the Switches > Interfaces > FC Physical
placeholder.

Step 14 If you are configuring Fabric A assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-A and
MDS9222i-A
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-A: VSAN P1 members = fc1/1, fc1/2
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-A FOR YOUR POD ONLY :
Pod number 9222i-A VSAN
Port
1 fc1/4 11

2 fc1/8 21
3 fc1/12 31

4 fc1/16 41
DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i
Step 15 If you are configuring Fabric B assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-B and
MDS9222i-B
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-B: VSAN P2 members = fc1/1, fc1/2
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-B FOR YOUR POD ONLY:

Pod number 9222i-B VSAN

Port

1 fc1/4 12
2 fc1/8 22
3 fc1/12 32

4 fc1/16 42

DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i

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Step 16 Do not forget to Click the Apply Changes button.

Step 17 From the CLI, verify the interface VSAN membership for both switches.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show vsan membership
vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5 fc1/6
fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9 fc1/10
…
vsan 11 interfaces:
fc1/1 fc1/2

POD#-MDS9148-B# show vsan membership

vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5 fc1/6
fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9 fc1/10
…
vsan 12 interfaces:
fc1/1 fc1/2

Step 18 Select All VSANs in the Logical Domains pane.

Step 19 Note that the operational state of VSAN P1 and VSAN P2 shows the operational
state up.

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Task 3: Understand the Isolated VSAN

In this task, you will observe what happens when you delete a VSAN that contains interfaces.
Step 1 In the DCNM SAN toolbar, click the Create VSAN icon.

Step 2 Enter P99 in the VSAN Id field. (P is your Pod number)

Step 3 Click Create and then Close.

Step 4 Select All VSANs in the Logical Domains pane.

Step 5 In the Physical Attributes pane, select the Switches > Interfaces > FC Physical
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Step 6 On POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B, assign VSAN membership P99 for

ports fc1/31 and fc1/32 by entering P99 in the Port VSAN column.

Note You can also use device manager.

Step 7 Click the Apply Changes button.

Note The ports in VSAN 999 are missing SFPs, the operational status of the ports is reported as
down. This does NOT affect this exercise.

Step 8 Confirm moving the ports to the new VSAN.

Step 9 In the Logical Domains pane, right-click VSAN P99 and select Delete VSAN.

Step 10 Answer Yes to confirm the deletion of VSAN 999.

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Task 4: Configure Domain IDs

In this task, you will manually configure the Domain ID and principal switch in a VSAN.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on both your assigned switches.
Step 1 In the DCNM SAN topology pane, right-click your switches and select Device
Manager.

Step 2 In Device Manager, select FC > Domain Manager .

Step 3 On both switches, select the Running tab to determine the current Domain IDs for
each VSAN. Review the Domains tab to identify domains on both switches.

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Step 4 Record the following information for VSANs 1, 10 and 20 on all four switches.

POD#-MDS9148-A

VSAN Local Domain ID Principal Domain ID

VSAN 1

VSAN P1

POD#-MDS9148-B

VSAN Local Domain ID Principal Domain ID

VSAN 1

VSAN P2

MDS9222i-A

VSAN Local Domain ID Principal Domain ID

VSAN 1

VSAN P1

MDS922i-B

VSAN Local Domain ID Principal Domain ID

VSAN 1

VSAN P2

Note The Domain ID for your switch is the Local Domain ID.

Step 5 In Device Manager, select FC > Name Server > General tab to display the current
FCNS database for VSANs 10 and 20 on all four switches.

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Step 6 Record the following information for VSAN P1.

FCID Vendor
0x

Step 7 Record the following information for VSAN P2.

FCID Vendor
0x

Step 8 On POD#-MDS9148-A and B, select the FC > Domain Manager, Configuration

tab.
Step 9 On POD#-MDS9148-A , enter P1 in the Domain ID column for VSAN P1, on
POD#-MDS9148-B , enter P2 in the domain ID field for VSAN P2

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Step 10 Use the pull-down menu in the Type column to define the new domain ID
assignments as static .

Step 11 Use the pull-down menu in the Restart column to configure the restart as disruptive
for both VSANs 10 and 20.

Step 12 Select the Apply button. The disruptive restart may take a few seconds to complete.
Use the Refresh button to determine when the new Domain IDs become assigned in
the Running Domain ID column.
Step 13 Answer Yes to the Changing DomainId dialog.

Step 14 On both switches, select the Domains tab from Domain Manager.

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Step 27 Document fcdomain runtime changes.

POD#-MDS9148-A

VSAN Local Running Priority Local Configured Priority Principal Running Priority

1
P1

POD#-MDS9148-B

VSAN Local Running Priority Local Configured Priority Principal Running Priority

1
P2

Step 28 Close any open Device Manager windows and exit Device Manager.
Step 29 Answer Yes to save your running configuration.

Activity Verification
Complete the following steps on all switches to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Display the list of domain IDs granted by the principal switch for VSANs 10 and 20.
POD#-MDS9148-B# show fcdomain domain-list

VSAN 1
Number of domains: 4
Domain ID WWN
--------- -----------------------
0x65(101) 20:01:00:05:9b:7d:01:41 [Principal]

0x2a(42) 20:01:54:7f:ee:38:fc:39 [Local]

0x66(102) 20:01:00:05:9b:7d:05:41
0x7d(125) 20:01:54:7f:ee:47:d6:89

VSAN 12
Number of domains: 2
Domain ID WWN
--------- -----------------------
0x0c(12) 20:0c:54:7f:ee:38:fc:39 [Local] [Principal]

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POD#-MDS9148-B#

Step 2 Display the Fibre Channel domain (fcdomain) runtime information for VSANs 10
and 20.
POD#-MDS9148-B# sho fcdomain

VSAN 1
The local switch is a Subordinated Switch.

Local switch run time information:

State: Stable
Local switch WWN: 20:01:54:7f:ee:38:fc:39
Running fabric name: 20:01:00:05:9b:7d:01:41
Running priority: 128
Current domain ID: 0x2a(42)

Local switch configuration information:

State: Enabled
FCID persistence: Enabled
Auto-reconfiguration: Disabled
Contiguous-allocation: Disabled
Configured fabric name: 20:01:00:05:30:00:28:df
Optimize Mode: Disabled
Configured priority: 128
Configured domain ID: 0x00(0) (preferred)

Principal switch run time information:

Running priority: 2

Interface Role RCF-reject

---------------- ------------- ------------
fc1/11 Non-principal Disabled
fc1/12 Upstream Disabled
---------------- ------------- ------------

VSAN 12
The local switch is the Principal Switch.

Local switch run time information:

State: Stable
Local switch WWN: 20:0c:54:7f:ee:38:fc:39
Running fabric name: 20:0c:54:7f:ee:38:fc:39
Running priority: 1
Current domain ID: 0x0c(12)

Local switch configuration information:

State: Enabled

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FCID persistence: Enabled

Auto-reconfiguration: Disabled
Contiguous-allocation: Disabled
Configured fabric name: 20:01:00:05:30:00:28:df
Optimize Mode: Disabled
Configured priority: 1
Configured domain ID: 0x0c(12) (preferred)

Principal switch run time information:

Running priority: 1

Interface Role RCF-reject

---------------- ------------- ------------
fc1/11 Non-principal Disabled
fc1/12 Downstream Disabled
---------------- ------------- ------------
POD#-MDS9148-B#

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Task 3: Purging Persistent FCIDs

In this task, you will learn how to purge the persistent FCID database.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 Open a connection to your MDS9148 (use Putty, TeraTerm or the console)if not
already open
Step 2 Verify the persistent FCID database for your VSAN
Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho fcdomain fcid persistent vsan 1P
Total entries 2.

Persistent FCIDs table contents:

VSAN WWN FCID Mask Used AssignmentInterface
---- ----------------------- -------- ------- ---- ---------- --------
1P 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 0x0b0000 SINGLE YES DYNAMIC --

1P 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d4:c9 0x0b0100 SINGLE YES DYNAMIC --

Pod#-MDS9148-X#
Step 3 Purge the persistent FCID database fopr your VSAN
Pod#-MDS9148-X# purge fcdomain fcid vsan 1P
Pod#-MDS9148-X#
Step 4 Verify the FCID database again – has anything changed?
Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho fcdomain fcid persistent vsan 1P
Total entries 2.

Persistent FCIDs table contents:

VSAN WWN FCID Mask Used AssignmentInterface

---- ----------------------- -------- ------- ---- ---------- --------
1P 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 0x0b0000 SINGLE YES DYNAMIC --
1P 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d4:c9 0x0b0100 SINGLE YES DYNAMIC --
Pod#-MDS9148-X#

Q1) Why are the entries not cleared? _______________________________________

Step 5 Shutdown interface fc1/1
Pod#-MDS9148-X# conf
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config)# int fc1/1
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# shut
Pod#-MDS9148-X(config-if)#

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Task 4: Configure Static FCIDs

In this task, you you will learn how to configure static FCIDs.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 Open a Device Manager connection to your MDS9148 (use Putty, TeraTerm or the
console) if not already open.
Step 2 Goto FC -> Domain Manager

Step 3 Click on the “Persistent FcIds” tab

Step 4 Click on “Assignment and change the values to “static”

Step 5 Click “Apply“ to activate

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14. Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR THE CORE
9222is!!! .
# write erase
The following message is displayed:
Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Type y to proceed.
15. Reboot the 9148 switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.

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Lab 3-5: Distributed Device Aliases with Cisco

Fabric Services
Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will configure DDAS to demonstrate CFS distribution and merge. After
completing this activity, you will be able to meet these objectives:
! Perform the initial switch configuration
! Configure DDAS to demonstrate CFS merges and distributions

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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment required to complete this activity:
! 2 MDS 9000 Series Fibre Channel switches
! 2 Windows Hosts with a dual-port Fibre Channel HBA
! A JBOD with at least 2 disks

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Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity.

Command Description

write erase Erases the switch’s startup configuration

reload Reboots the switch

config Enter configuration mode

show cfs application Display the list of Cisco Fabric Services applications

Displays the name server database for a specified VSAN

show fcns database
or for all VSANs

Lists all the FLOGI sessions through all interfaces across

show flogi database
all VSANs

device-alias database Configures and activates the device alias database.

device-alias name <name> pwwn

Configures device names in the device alias database.
pwwn>
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Applies the pending configuration pertaining to the

device-alias commit Distributed Device Alias Services (device alias) Cisco
Fabric Services (CFS) distribution session.

show device-alias database Displays the entire device name database.

show device-alias status Display the status of the device alias application

show cfs merge status name Display the status of the Cisco Fabric Services merge
device-alias operation for the device alias application

show cfs application name <X>

Show the details relating to a specific CFS application

show cfs peers Display all Cisco Fabric Services peers in the fabric

show cfs lock Display applications, switches, and users holding Cisco
Fabric Services locks

interface fc slot/port Selects a Fibre Channel interface from config mode

[no] shutdown Enables / disables a selected interface

vsan database Enter VSAN database configuration mode

vsan [vsan-id] Create a VSAN

vsan [vsan-id] interface

Assign an interface to a VSAN
fcx/y

switchport speed <X>

Configure the switchport speed

switchport rate-mode <X>

Configure the switchport rate-mode as dedicated or shared

switchport mode <X>

Configure the switchport mode

switchport trunk mode <X>

Configure the switchport trunk mode

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Step 2 After the switch reboots, it will automatically launch the setup process. Answer the
questions according to the following example, replacing your pod number and

switch ID where appropriate.

---- System Admin Account Setup ----

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure advanced IP options? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Enable the ssh service? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Enable the telnet service? (yes/no) [n]: <Yes>
Enable the http-server? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>
Configure clock? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure timezone? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure summertime? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure the ntp server? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default switchport interface state (shut/noshut) [shut]:
<Enter>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Configure default switchport port mode F (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default zone policy (permit/deny) [deny]: <Enter>
Enable full zoneset distribution (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default zone mode (basic/enhanced) [basic]: <Enter>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

The following configuration will be applied:

password strength-check
switchname POD#-MDS9148-A
interface mgmt0
ip address 10.0.1.PN 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
no feature ssh
feature telnet
feature http-server
system default switchport shutdown
system default switchport trunk mode on
no system default zone default-zone permit
no system default zone distribute full
no system default zone mode enhanced

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

Step 5 Log in to the console using the username admin and the password 1234QWer .
Step 6 Create VSANs P0 and assign interfaces fc1/1-2 to VSAN P0.
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# vsan database
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-vsan-db)# vsan P0
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-vsan-db)# vsan P0 interface fc1/1-2
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-vsan-db)# end

Step 7 Configure interfaces fc1/1 and fc1/2 on POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B

as F ports
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface fc1/1-2

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Task 2: Configure, Merge, and Distribute Device Aliases

In this task, you will configure DDAS to demonstrate CFS merges and distributions.

Activity Procedure

Note This lab guide just shows ONE host for clarity. Your lab will have two hosts in each Pod.

Complete these steps on POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B switches:

Step 1 Determine if CFS distribution is enabled for the device alias application.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show cfs application name device-alias
Enabled : Yes
Timeout : 20s
Merge Capable : Yes
Scope : Physical-fc
Region : Default

Step 2 Display the FCNS database.

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)# sho fcns data

VSAN 50:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
FCID TYPE PWWN (VENDOR) FC4-TYPE:FEATURE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x100000 N 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5 scsi-fcp:init
0x840000 N 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 scsi-fcp:init

Total number of entries = 2

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)#

Step 3 Find which pWWN belongs to which host to make sure to create the correct
PWWN. Execute the command « show flogi database » on both switches.
POD#-MDS9148-A# sho flogi database
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTERFACE VSAN FCID PORT NAME NODE NAME
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/1 50 0x840000 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 20:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4

Total number of flogi = 1.

POD#-MDS9148-A#
POD#-MDS9148-B# sho flogi database
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTERFACE VSAN FCID PORT NAME NODE NAME
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/2 50 0x100000 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5 20:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5

Total number of flogi = 1.

POD#-MDS9148-B#

Caution Always make sure to create the device alias for the correct device.

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Step 4 Fill in this table to make sure device aliases are configured correctly
Host & Port Connected to pWWN

Host1 - Port1 MDS9148-A fc1/1

Host1 – Port2 MDS9148-B fc1/2

Host2 - Port1 MDS9148-B fc1/1

Host2 – Port2 MDS9148-A fc1/2

Step 5 ONLY on MDS9148-A enter device alias configuration mode.

POD#-MDS9148-A# conf
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# device-alias database

Step 6 ONLY on MDS9148-A create device aliases for the both pWWNs of the host
connected to MDS9148-A fc 1/1 and MDS9148-B fc1/2 interface.

Tip You can copy and paste the pWWN entries from the output of the show fcns database
command. These two pWWN will be almost identical with most hosts unless the host has
multiple adapters.

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name

HOST1-P1 pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name
HOST1-P2 pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-device-alias-db)# exit
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# device-alias commit
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# end

Step 7 ONLY on MDS9148-B create device aliases for the both pWWNs of the host
connected to MDS9148-B fc 1/1 and MDS9148-A fc1/2 interface.

POD#-MDS9148-B# conf
POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# device-alias database
POD#-MDS9148-B(config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name
HOST2-P1 pwwn 21:00:00:04:cf:70:4b:f7

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-device-alias-db)#
HOST2-P2 pwwn 21:00:00:04:cf:70:4b:f8 device-alias name
POD#-MDS9148-B(config-device-alias-db)# exit
POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# device-alias commit
POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# end

Step 8 Display the FLOGI database on each switch

POD#-MDS9148-A# sho flogi database
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INTERFACE VSAN FCID PORT NAME NODE NAME

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fc1/1 50 0x840000 21:00:00:24:ff: 3d:d5:a4 20:00:00:24:ff: 3d:d5:a4
[HOST1-P1]

Total number of flogi = 1.

POD#-MDS9148-A#

POD#-MDS9148-B# sho flogi database

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTERFACE VSAN FCID PORT NAME NODE NAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/2 50 0x100000 21:00:00:24:ff: 3d:d5:a5 20:00:00:24:ff: 3d:d5:a5
[HOST1-P2]

Total number of flogi = 1.

POD#-MDS9148-B#

Step 9 Check the FCNS database

POD#-MDS9148-A# sho fcns database

Total number of entries = 2

POD#-MDS9148-A#

Step 10 Check the status of the device alias application.

POD#-MDS9148-A# show device-alias status
Fabric Distribution: Enabled
Database:- Device Aliases 2 Mode: Basic
Checksum: 0xea6b9966b81bf91f74af5731a834ad6

Step 11 Examine the device alias configuration.

POD#-MDS9148-A# sho device-alias database
device-alias name HOST1-P1 pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5
device-alias name HOST1-P2 pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4

Total number of entries = 2

POD#-MDS9148-A#

Step 12 Check the status of the Cisco Fabric Services merge operation for the device alias
application.
POD#-MDS9148-A# sho cfs merge status name device-alias

Physical-fc Merge Status: Success [ Wed Apr 11 10:53:18 2012 ]

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Switch WWN IP Address
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
20:00:54:7f:ee:3 8:fc:38 10.0.1.12 [Merge Master]
20:00:54:7f:ee:47:d6:88 10.0.1.11
POD#-MDS9148-A

Total number of switches = 2

POD#-MDS9148-A#

Note The switch with the lowest sWWN will become the Merge Master.

Step 13 Manually configure a new device alias for a nonexistent device. Attempt to do this
on both switches at the same time.
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# device-alias database
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name foo pwwn
01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-device-alias-db)# end

Note Only one switch will succeed. The first switch to perform a device alias configuration will
acquire a fabric-wide lock. Attempts to configure device aliases from any other switch in the
fabric will result in a message that the fabric is currently locked. To release the lock, a
commit, abort, or clear operation must be performed.

Step 14 Check to see if the new device alias was added to the switch configuration.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show device-alias database | include foo

Note Device alias configurations are pending until committed.

Step 15 Display all Cisco Fabric Services peers in the fabric.

POD#-MDS9148-A# sho cfs peers

Physical Fabric
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Switch WWN IP Address
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
20:00:54:7f:ee:47:d6:88 10.0.1.11 [Local]
POD#-MDS9148-A
20:00:54:7f:ee:38:fc:38 10.0.1.12

Total number of entries = 2

POD#-MDS9148-A#

Step 16 Check to see which applications, switches, and users are holding Cisco Fabric
Services locks.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show cfs lock

Application: device-alias
Scope : Physical-fc
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Switch WWN IP Address User Name User Type
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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20:00:54:7f:ee:47:d6:88 10.0.1.11 admin CLI/SNMP v3

POD#-MDS9148-A

Total number of entries = 1

POD#-MDS9148-A#

Step 17 Perform a commit operation on the switch holding the lock.

POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# device-alias commit
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# end

Step 18 On both switches, verify that the new device alias was distributed.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show device-alias database | include foo
device-alias name foo pwwn 01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08

Step 19 Verify that the Cisco Fabric Services fabric lock was released.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show cfs lock

Step 20 To demonstrate Cisco Fabric Services merge failure and recovery, disable all ISL
links on switch POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B .
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface fc1/21,fc1/22
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# shutdown
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# exit

Step 21 Manually configure a new device alias with the name “bar” but with a different
pWWN on each switch. For example, on POD#-MDS9148-A switch, use pWWN
01:01:01:01:01:01:01:01, and on the POD#-MDS9148-B switch, use pWWN
02:02:02:02:02:02:02:02.
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# device-alias database
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name bar pwwn
0n:0n:0n:0n:0n:0n:0n:0n
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-device-alias-db)# exit

Step 22 Perform a commit operation ON BOTH switches.

POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# device-alias commit

Step 23 WAIT FOR YOUR PARTNER!

Step 24 Check the device-alias database on bioth switches, they MUST be different for the
exercise to work.
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# sho device-alias database
device-alias name bar pwwn 01:01:01:01:01:01:01:01
device-alias name foo pwwn 01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08
device-alias name HOST1-P1 pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5
device-alias name HOST1-P2 pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4

Total number of entries = 4

POD#-MDS9148-A(config)#

POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# sho device-alias database

device-alias name bar pwwn 02:02:02:02:02:02:02:02
device-alias name foo pwwn 01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08
device-alias name HOST1-P1 pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5
device-alias name HOST1-P2 pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4

Total number of entries = 4

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POD#-MDS9148-B(config)#

Step 25 Bring up the ISLs on switch POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B .

POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface fc1/21-22
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no shutdown
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# end

Step 26 Verify that the Cisco Fabric Services merge failed.

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)# sho cfs merge status

-------------------------------------------------------------
Application Scope Vsan Status
-------------------------------------------------------------
device-alias Physical-fc - Failed

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)#

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)# sho cfs merge status name device-alias

Physical-fc Merge Status: Failed [ Wed Apr 11 11:33:35 2012 ]

Failure Reason: Another device-alias already present with the same
name

Local Fabric
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Switch WWN IP Address
----------------------------------------------------------------------
20:00:54:7f:ee:38:fc:38 10.0.1.12 [Merge Master]
POD#-MDS9148-B

Total number of switches = 1

Remote Fabric
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Switch WWN IP Address
----------------------------------------------------------------------
20:00:54:7f:ee:47:d6:88 10.0.1.11 [Merge Master]

Total number of switches = 1

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)#

Note In addition to the output stating that the merge failed, the fact that there are two Merge
Masters also indicates that the Cisco Fabric Services merge did not succeed.

Step 27 Check to see if there is any isolation on the ISL.

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)# sho int fc 1/21-22 | inc vsan
Port vsan is 1

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Trunk vsans (admin allowed and active) (1,50)

Trunk vsans (up) (1,50)
Trunk vsans (isolated) ()
Trunk vsans (initializing) ()
Port vsan is 1
Trunk vsans (admin allowed and active) (1,50)
Trunk vsans (up) (1,50)
Trunk vsans (isolated) ()
Trunk vsans (initializing) ()
POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)#

Note Unlike zone merge conflicts, Cisco Fabric Services merge conflicts do not result in ISL
isolation.

Step 28 There is NO way for the switches to figure out which configuration is the right one.
To recover from the failed Cisco Fabric Services merge, perform a commit operation
from the switch with the correct configuration to distribute the device alias database
of that switch. If both switches perform the commit operation, whoever goes first
will “win.”
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# device-alias commit
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# end

Step 29 Verify that the merge operation succeeded.

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)# sho cfs merge status name device-alias

Physical-fc Merge Status: Success [ Wed Apr 11 11:37:58 2012 ]

Local Fabric
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Switch WWN IP Address
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20:00:54:7f:ee:38:fc:38 10.0.1.12 [Merge Master]
POD#-MDS9148-B
20:00:54:7f:ee:47:d6:88 10.0.1.11

Total number of switches = 2

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)#

Step 30 Compare the contents of the device alias database on all the switches to confirm that
they are identical.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show device-alias database

Note If you follow good device alias naming conventions, this procedure allows you to easily
create common enclosure names for devices that have multiple ports, such as the servers
and disks in this lab.

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Task 3: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.

1. Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by clicking the blue switch
icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin
Password: 1234QWer
2. Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR THE CORE
9222is!!! .
# write erase
The following message is displayed:
Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Type y to proceed.
3. Reboot the 9148 switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.

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Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity.

Command Description

Displays the name server database for a specified VSAN

show fcns database
or for all VSANs.

Lists all the FLOGI sessions through all interfaces across

show flogi database
all VSANs.

device-alias database Configures and activates the device alias database.

device-alias
pwwn name name pwwn Configures device names in the device alias database.

Applies the pending configuration pertaining to the

device-alias commit Distributed Device Alias Services (device alias) Cisco
Fabric Services (CFS) distribution session.

show device-alias database Displays the entire device name database.

Creates a zone called name in VSAN X and enters

zone name name vsan X
configuration mode for that zone.

Creates a zoneset called name in VSAN X and enters

zoneset name name vsan X

configuration mode for that zoneset.

member zonename Adds zone zonename to the current zoneset.

zoneset activate name name

Activates the zoneset called name in VSAN X.
vsan X

Exports the zone set database to the adjacent switch on
the specified interface. The active zone set in this switch
zoneset export vsan X

becomes the activated zone set of the merged SAN.
Makes the two switches’ zoning databases consistent.

debug zone database events Enables debugging of zone database events.

show zoneset Displays all the zonesets that are configured on the switch.

Displays all the zones that are configured on the switch or

show zone [ vsan X
]
in the specified VSAN.

Displays the status of the zones that are configured on the

show zone status switch or in the VSAN. Shows the default zone policy, the
[ vsan X
] zonesets and zones in the full zone database, and which
zoneset (if any) is the active zone.

Displays the active zoneset, showing its name and the

show zoneset active
name of each active zone with all the members of all the
[ vsan X
]
zones listed.

show interface fcx/y

trunk
Displays the trunk information for the specified interfaces
vsan

show interface fcx

y
/ Displays the status of and statistics for interface fc x /y .

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on both MDS switches:
Step 31 Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by
clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Step 32 After the switch reboots, it will automatically launch the setup process. Answer the
questions according to the following example, replacing your pod number and

switch ID where appropriate.

---- System Admin Account Setup ----

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

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Step 36 Connect to your 9148, enter the password 1234QWer , then click Open.

Step 37 Note all ports are (shut)down.

Step 38 Enable interfaces FC1/1 and FC1/2 on the 9148s as an F port and

FC1/11 and FC1/12 as an E port. Since all ports are autosensing by default,
enabling them is enough.

Note The 9222i has been preconfigured.

Step 39 Launch DCNM SAN, enter the password 1234QWer , click Login.

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Step 40 Click Discover . Enter the IP address of YOUR 9148, username admin password
1234QWer, click Discover .

Step 41 Select the fabric you have just discovered and click Open.

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Step 42 In the DCNM SAN toolbar, click the Create VSAN icon.

Step 43 Enter the VSAN ID to be created.

ONLY POD#-MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A: enter VSAN ID P1

ONLY POD#-MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B: enter VSAN ID P2

Step 44 Click Create.

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Step 45 In the Physical Attributes pane, select the Switches > Interfaces > FC Physical
placeholder.

Step 8 If you are configuring Fabric A assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-A and

MDS9222i-A
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-A: VSAN P1 members = fc1/1, fc1/2
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-A FOR YOUR POD ONLY :

Pod number 9222i-A VSAN

Port
1 fc1/4 11
2 fc1/8 21

3 fc1/12 31
4 fc1/16 41
DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i
Step 9 If you are configuring Fabric B assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-B and
MDS9222i-B
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-B: VSAN P2 members = fc1/1, fc1/2
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-B FOR YOUR POD ONLY:
Pod number 9222i-B VSAN
Port

1 fc1/4 12
2 fc1/8 22

3 fc1/12 32
4 fc1/16 42

DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i

Step 9 Do not forget to Click the Apply Changes button.

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Step 10 From the CLI, verify the interface VSAN membership.

POD#-MDS9148-A# show vsan membership
vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5 fc1/6
fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9 fc1/10
…
vsan 11 interfaces:
fc1/1 fc1/2

POD#-MDS9148-B# show vsan membership

vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5 fc1/6
fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9 fc1/10
…
vsan 12 interfaces:
fc1/1 fc1/2

Step 11 Select All VSANs in the Logical Domains pane.

Step 12 Verify that the operational state of VSAN P1 and VSAN P2 shows the operational
state up.

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Step 7 Verify the alias names are entered correctly, and then click the Apply Changes
button.
Step 8 Highlight all the rows in the table, and then click the Alias -> Enclosure button.

Step 9 DCNM will show help how to create enclosure names. Click “OK” to dismiss.

Step 10 The Enclosure Name will change to reflect the first token of the entered device

alias name.

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Step 11 Click the Apply Changes button.

Step 12 Click the Layout Map icon on the fabric pane toolbar.

Step 13 Right-click the circular JBOD loop icon and select Expand.
Step 14 Click the Layout Map icon again to view the attached devices and their aliases.

Note Do not proceed until the preceding steps have been completed by both teams.

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Task 3: Create Zones and Zone Sets

In this task, you will create zones and zonesets for devices in the primary and secondary
VSANs.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps in sequence on the specified switch.

The student/team working on Fabric A should complete the

Steps 1-15 for VSAN P1 while the student/team working on
Fabric B configures VSAN P2
Step 1 In DCNM SAN, locate your VSAN folder in the tree view. Right-click and select
Edit Local Full Zone Database .

Step 2 Confirm that the Switch field contains PX-POD#-MDS9148-A (where X is your
pod number).

Step 3 Right-click Zones and select Insert….

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Step 4 In the Create Zone window, in the Zone Name field, enter HOST1 and click OK .

Step 4 In the tree view, expand the Zones fo1der to make zone HOST1_Primary visible.
Step 5 Hold down the CTRL key and with your left mouse button, select the POD#-
HOST1-P1 and POD#-DISK1-P1 device aliases and drag them onto the HOST1
zone placeholder.

Step 6 Click zone HOST1 to verify that HOST1-P1 and DISK1-P1 are members.

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Step 7 Repeat Steps 2-6 to create the HOST2 zone. Add the following members from the
fcalias list:
! POD#-HOST2-P1
! POD#-DISK2-P1
Step 8 Click zone HOST2 to verify HOST2-P1 and DISK2-P1 are members.
Step 9 Right-click ZoneSets and select Insert.

Step 10 In the Zoneset Name window, enter ZoneSet-POD#.

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Step 11 Click OK .

Step 12 Expand the ZoneSets and Zones folders.
Step 13 Select and drag zones HOST1 and HOST2 to ZoneSet-POD# to add the zones as
members of the zoneset.
Step 14 Click on ZoneSet-POD# to verify zone members HOST1 and HOST2.

Step 15 Click BOTH zones and verify

Do NOT close or activate yet.

Step 16 From a command prompt, verify the configured zones.
POD#-MDS9148-B# sho zone vsan PX
zone name Host1 vsan PX
pwwn 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:07:a0 [POD#-DISK1-PX]

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pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5 [POD#-HOST1-PX]

… a second zone for Host2 & Disk2 here…
POD#-MDS9148-B#

POD#-MDS9148-A# sho zone

zone name Host1 vsan PX
pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 [POD#-HOST1-PX]
pwwn 21:00:00:1d:38:4f:07:a0 [POD#-DISK1-PX]
… a second zone for Host2 & Disk2 here

POD#-MDS9148-A#

Note If you do NOT see any zone you might have configured them on the wrong switch (Step 2) If
you used the wrong switch, delete your zones and recreate on the correct switch (the 9148)

Step 17 At this point, wait until the student(s) working on the opposite switch have created
their zones. Then compare the results of the show zone command.

POD#-MDS9148-A, VSAN P1 POD#-MDS9148-B, VSAN P2

Zone Name: Zone Name:

Alias of Member1: Alias of Member1:
Alias of Member2: Alias of Member2:

Zone Name: Zone Name:

Alias of Member1: Alias of Member1:
Alias of Member2: Alias of Member2:

Step 18 From the command prompt, verify the configured zoneset.

POD#-MDS9148-A# sho zoneset

zoneset name Zoneset-Pod5 vsan PX
zone name Host1 vsan PX
pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 [POD#-HOST1-PX]
pwwn 21:00:00:1d:38:4f:07:a0 [POD#-DISK1-PX]
… a second zone for Host2 & Disk2 here …
POD#-MDS9148-A#

POD#-MDS9148-B# sho zoneset

zoneset name Zoneset-Pod5 vsan PY
zone name Host1 vsan PY
pwwn 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:07:a0 [POD#-DISK1-PY]
pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5 [POD#-HOST1-PY]
… a second zone for Host2 & Disk2 here …
POD#-MDS9148-B#

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Task 4: Activate Zonesets

Now that you have created zonesets on each switch in unique VSANs, from each switch you
will activate the zoneset for your respective VSANs and observe the effect on the other switch.
In this procedure, you will enable zone debugging and disable the ISLs between the pod
switches prior to activating the zonesets.
Complete the following steps in sequence on the specified switch.
Step 1
12. your POD#-MDS9148 , disable the switch ISLs by disabling interfaces fc1/11-
On

POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface fc1/11-12
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# shutdown
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# end

Step 2 On both switches, enable zone debugging at the switch console.

POD#-MDS9148-A# no debug all
POD#-MDS9148-A# debug zone database events

Step 3 On POD#-MDS9148-A , go to DCNM SAN and locate the VSAN P1 folder in the
tree view. Right-click the folder and select Edit Local Full Zone Database…
Step 4 Confirm that POD#-MDS9148-A (where X is your pod number) is in the Switch
field.
Step 5 Expand the ZoneSets folder. Right-click your Zoneset and select Activate .

Step 6 Confirm that the Save Running to Startup Configuration checkbox is checked and
click Continue Activation.

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Step 7 On the POD#-MDS9148-B , repeat Steps 3-6 to activate your ZoneSet in VSAN
P2.
Step 8 Observe the output of the Zoning Wizard.

Step 9 On both switches, from the command prompt, observe the debug activity.
POD#-MDS9148-B(config-if)#
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.938085 zone: Checking virtual device membership conflicts for
zoneset Zoneset-Pod5 of vsan 12
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.938391 zone: creating new database..
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.938582 zone: creating policies
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.938626 zone: copying zoneset Zoneset-Pod5 ..
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.938664 zone: creating zoneset: Zoneset-Pod5 on vsan 12 ..
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.938725 zone: creating zone: Host1 on vsan 12 ..
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.938872 zone: adding zone Host1 to zoneset Zoneset-Pod5 on
vsan 12
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.938985 zone: Updating DB modify info. MOD_CLASS:1,
ACT:1,COPY:1
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.939029 zone: Updating modify info. MOD_CLASS:1, ACT:1,COPY:1
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.939218 zone: active-zoneset size: 64 full-zoneset size: 116
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.939575 zone: Initiated Fabric Change to activate zoneset
Zoneset-Pod5 on vsan 12
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.939623 zone: Activate request status = 0x40200038 on vsan 12
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.939713 zone: db_lock: getting lock on vsan: 12 sub-module: 2
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.939755 zone: db_lock: locked on vsan: 12 sub-module: 2 count:
1

2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.940033 zone: active-zoneset size: 64 full-zoneset size: 116

2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.940435 zone: db_lock: unlocking the database of vsan: 12
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.940485 zone: db_lock: done. count: 0, submodule: 0
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.940569 zone: db_lock: getting lock on vsan: 12 sub-module: 3
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.940610 zone: db_lock: locked on vsan: 12 sub-module: 3 count:
1
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.941293 zone: Creating New Binding For VSAN: 12 FCID: 0x0c0000
WWN: 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5 FWWN: 20:02:54:7f:ee:38:fc:38 SYM-NODENAME: QLE2462
FW:v4.06.01 DVR:v9.1.8.6IP ADDR: ::
2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.941394 zone: Found WWN: 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5

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2012 Apr 12 09:20:48.941620 zone: active-zoneset size: 64 full-zoneset size: 0

2012 Apr 12 09:20:49.088486 zone: db_lock: unlocking the database of vsan: 12
2012 Apr 12 09:20:49.088562 zone: db_lock: done. count: 0, submodule: 0
2012 Apr 12 09:20:51.972875 zone: creating new database..
2012 Apr 12 09:20:51.973098 zone: creating policies
2012 Apr 12 09:20:51.973145 zone: copying zoneset Zoneset-Pod5 ..
2012 Apr 12 09:20:51.973184 zone: creating zoneset: Zoneset-Pod5 on vsan 12 ..
2012 Apr 12 09:20:51.973239 zone: creating zone: Host1 on vsan 12 ..
……………………….. (remaining output removed)

Step 10 From the POD#-MDS9148-A CLI, enable the switch ISLs by enabling interfaces
fc1/11 and fc1/12.
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface fc1/11-12
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no shutdown
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# end

Step 11 Observe the debug messages at the command prompt. (You will need to wait a
couple of minutes for the ISLs to become fully activated.)

Step 12 In DCNM SAN, click the Rediscover Fabric icon.

Step 13 Wait for the VSAN segments to disappear.

Step 14 Display the active zonesets in DCNM SAN. In the fabric tree on the left, expand the
VSAN P1 and VSAN P2 folders. The zonesets you created are displayed under the
VSANs. Select either of the zones in the active zoneset in the tree and note that their
members are highlighted in yellow in the fabric display.

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Step 15 Disable the zone debugging on both switches.

POD#-MDS9148-A# no debug all

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Display the zones and zonesets on both switches.
POD#-MDS9148-A# sho zoneset
zoneset name Zoneset-Pod5 vsan 11
zone name Host1 vsan 11
pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 [POD1-HOST1-P1]
pwwn 21:00:00:1d:38:4f:07:a0 [POD1-DISK1-P1]
… a second zone for Host2 & Disk2 here …
POD#-MDS9148-A#

POD#-MDS9148-B# sho zoneset

zoneset name Zoneset-Pod5 vsan 12
zone name Host1 vsan 12
pwwn 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:07:a0 [POD1-DISK1-P2]
pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5 [POD1-HOST1-P2]
… a second zone for Host2 & Disk2 here …
POD#-MDS9148-B#

Step 2 Display the active zoneset on both switches.

POD#-MDS9148-A# sho zoneset active
zoneset name Zoneset-Pod5 vsan 11
zone name Host1 vsan 11
* fcid 0x0b0000 [pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4] [POD1-HOST1-P1]
* fcid 0x0100b3 [pwwn 21:00:00:1d:38:4f:07:a0] [POD1-DISK1-P1]
… a second zone for Host2 & Disk2 here …
POD#-MDS9148-A#

POD#-MDS9148-B# sho zoneset active

zoneset name Zoneset-Pod5 vsan 12
zone name Host1 vsan 12
* fcid 0xef00b3 [pwwn 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:07:a0] [POD1-DISK1-P2]
* fcid 0x0c0000 [pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a5] [POD1-HOST1-P2]
… a second zone for Host2 & Disk2 here …
POD#-MDS9148-B#

Note Note the * next to the fcid. This means the device is currently logged into the fabric.

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Task 5: Using a FC disk

In this task, you will use the disk we zoned with our host and verify multipathing.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps in sequence on the specified switch to create test zonesets.
Step 1 On your Student PC open “server manager”

Step 2 Expand “Storage” and click “Disk Management”

Step 3 Note we can see 3 disks, the local 20GB local boot disk and two FC disks (which
may be offline)

Note The size of the disk is irrelevant.

Step 4 If both disk are offline, bring the first disk online by right-clicking and selecting
“online”

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Step 5 Hover the mouse over the second offline disk “i” to find WHY this disk is offline.

Step 6 Close “Server Manager”

Note Windows from release 2008 on has basic multipathing build in. Most production SANs will
use storage systems (NetApp, EMC etc) and the corresponding multipathing driver
(frequently called DSM)

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Task 6: Configure Active Zoneset Distribution

In this task, you will configure the zoneset distribution feature and observe the results. Each
student will create a test zoneset in a different VSAN from the one used in the previous task.
You will activate the new test zoneset and observe the zone merge behavior. Next, you will run
the zoneset distribute full command in your original VSAN (from Task 1) and re-activate the
original zoneset. This will propagate your configured zoneset database (the full zoneset ) to the
other switch, which will overwrite the test zoneset and result in a copy of both full zonesets
replicated on both switches.
You will need to work together with your partner during this exercise..

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps in sequence on the specified switch to create test zonesets.
Step 1 On all switches create VSAN P0 (P is your Pod number)

Step 2 On the POD#-MDS9148-A, create a zone and zoneset for testing in VSAN P0.
! Zoneset name: ZS92
! Zone name: zone92
! Add member: FCID 0x123456

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Active Zoning Database :

DB size: 124 bytes
Name: ZS91 Zonesets:1 Zones:1
Status: Activation completed at 18:45:47 UTC Mar 5 2010

Note The zone distribute setting should be set to active only .

In the following steps, you will activate the test zonesets and observe the results. Perform the
steps in sequence on the specified switch.
Step 6 On POD#-MDS9148-A , activate zoneset ZS92 in VSAN P0.
Step 7 You can select whether to review the differences between the zoneset you have
created and the active zoneset. Select No.

Step 8 Clear the Save Running to Startup Configuration checkbox and deselect Save
Proposed Zone Configuration to: option.

Step 9 Click Continue Activation.

Step 10 On POD#-MDS9148-B , activate zoneset ZS91 on VSAN P0.
Step 11 You can select whether to review the differences between the zoneset you have
created and the active zoneset. Select No.

Step 12 Clear the Save Running to Startup Configuration checkbox and the Save
Proposed Zone Configuration to: option, then click “ Continue Activation”.

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Step 13 On both switches, use the CLI to display the results.

POD#-MDS9148-A# show zoneset
POD#-MDS9148-A# show zoneset active

POD#-MDS9148-A

VSAN Configured Zonesets Active Zonesets

VSAN P0

POD#-MDS9148-B

VSAN Configured Zonesets Active Zonesets

VSAN P0

Step 14 On both switches, display the zone status for both VSANs.
The zoneset should be displayed as active on both switches. Because the zoneset distribute
parameter is set to active, the zoning databases (full ZoneSet) did not propagate when the test
zonesets were activated, resulting in no change to the configured zonesets.

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Task 7: Configure Full Zoneset Distribution

In the following steps, you will set zoneset distribution to full on the VSAN that you originally
configured on both switches, reactivate the original zonesets that you created, and observe the
results. Perform the following steps in sequence on the specified switch.
Step 1 On the POD#-MDS9148-A , use the CLI to configure zoneset distribute full for
VSAN P0, then re-activate the production zoneset that you created in the previous
task.
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# zoneset distribute full vsan P0
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# zoneset activate name ZS92 vsan P0
WARNING: You are trying to activate zoneset ZS92, which is
different from current active zoneset ZS91. Do you want to
continue? (y/n) [n] y
Zoneset activation initiated. check zone status
P10-MDS1(config)# end

Step 2 On the POD#-MDS9148-B , use the CLI to configure zoneset distribute full for

VSAN P0, then re-activate the production zoneset that you created in the previous
task.
POD#-MDS9148-B# config
POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# zoneset distribute full vsan P0
POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# zoneset activate name ZS91 vsan P0
WARNING: You are trying to activate zoneset ZS91, which is
different from current active zoneset ZS92. Do you want to
continue? (y/n) [n] y
Zoneset activation initiated. check zone status
POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# end
POD#-MDS9148-B#

Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration. On both switches, use the CLI to
display the results.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show run zone

POD#-MDS9148-A# show zone

POD#-MDS9148-A# show zoneset active vsan P0

POD#-MDS9148-B# show zone status vsan P0

Note After you set zoneset distribute full , zoneset activation propagated the zoning database to all
switches in that VSAN. Both switches should now have identical zone databases. In
addition, propagating the production zonesets overwrote the test zonesets.

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Task 8: Merge Zones

In this task, you will merge zones in a variety of configurations and observe the results. On
POD#-MDS9148-B , you will edit one of the zones in VSAN P0 to create an inconsistent zone
database between the two pod switches.

Note You set zoneset distribute to full in VSAN P0 previously on the POD#-MDS9148-A.

You will troubleshoot the problem by determining the links that were isolated due to the failed
merge, and you will perform a zone database export to resolve the database inconsistency.
Finally, using DCNM SAN, you will perform a Zone Merge Analysis to verify that the merge
will be successful.

Activity Procedure
In this procedure, you will first disable fc1/11-12 interfaces. Then, you will edit the ZONE91
zone on POD#-MDS9148-B . This Zone was originally configured on POD#-MDS9148-B then
merged to the POD#-MDS9148-A when you synchronized the zone databases in subsequent
tasks. You will then launch zone debugging to observe the merge activity upon activating the
ISLs.

Perform the following steps in sequence on the specified switch.

Step 1 On POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B switches, use the CLI to enable
zone debugging and display the current ISL status.
POD#-MDS9148-A# no debug all
POD#-MDS9148-A# debug zone merge events
POD#-MDS9148-A# show interface brief
POD#-MDS9148-A# show interface fc1/11, fc1/12 trunk vsan
Step 2 Are VSANs isolated on any ports? ______ The answer should be no.
Step 3 On POD#-MDS9148-A , disable the switch ISLs by disabling interfaces fc1/11-12
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface fc1/11-12

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# shutdown
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# end

Step 4 On POD#-MDS9148-B you will notice VSAN P0 (segmented). Select the correct
VSANP0 (segmented) to modify by ensuring that the Edit Local Full Zone
Database has the option to select POD#-MDS9148-B.
Step 5 On POD#-MDS9148-B , use DCNM SAN to make the following changes to zone
Zone91 in VSAN P0.

! ZoneSet name: ZS91

! Zone name: Zone91

! Add member: FCID 0x123abc
! Add member: FCID 0x456def

Step 6 Activate zoneset ZS91.

Note Clear the Save Running to Startup Configuration checkbox before clicking Continue
Activation.

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Step 7 From the POD#-MDS9148-A CLI, enable the switch ISLs by enabling interfaces
fc1/1, fc1/7, fc1/13.
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# interface fc1/11-12

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no shutdown
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# end

Step 8 At the command prompt on both switches, observe the zone debugging messages.

You should see several merge-failure error messages.

Step 9 On both switches, display the ISLs’ trunk VSAN status to confirm VSAN isolation.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show interface trunk vsan
fc1/11 is trunking
Vsan 1 is up (None)
Vsan P0 is down (Isolation due to zone merge failure)
…
fc1/12 is trunking
Vsan 1 is up (None)
Vsan P0 is down (Isolation due to zone merge failure)

…
Step 10 You should observe isolation on VSAN P0.
Step 11 On POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B switches, display the active
zonesets and compare the zone members.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show zoneset active
Step 12 POD#-MDS9148-B will display the extra FCIDs and POD#-MDS9148-A will not
appear in the active zoneset. The active zoneset on each switch is now inconsistent,
resulting in isolation for VSAN P0 on the ISL.
In the following steps, you will reconcile the zoning databases between the switches. Complete
the following steps in sequence on the specified switch.

Step 13 In DCNM SAN, observe the fabric tree in the Logical Domains pane to identify the
segmented VSAN.
Step 14 From DCNM SAN select Zone > Merge Analysis.

Step 15 Select Check Switch 1: POD#-MDS9148-B and Check Switch 2: POD#-MDS9148-

A.
Step 16 Enter VSAN P0 in the VSAN Id field.

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Step 17 Click Analyze to identify the inconsistencies in the active zonesets in VSAN P0 on
POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B.
Step 18 Click Close.
Step 19 From the CLI on POD#-MDS9148-B , export the VSAN P0 zoneset from EXEC
mode.
POD#-MDS9148-B# zoneset export vsan P0

Caution The export option overwrites the remote switch's active zoneset with the local switch's
active zoneset.

Step 20 Disable debugging:

POD#-MDS9148-A# undebug all

Step 21 Save your configuration:

POD#-MDS9148-A# copy run start

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Display the trunk VSAN status on your ISLs.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show interface fc1/1, fc1/7, fc1/13 trunk vsan
fc1/11 is trunking
Vsan 1 is up (None)
Vsan P0 is up (None)
…
fc1/12 is trunking
Vsan 1 is up (None)
Vsan P0 is up (None)
…
Step 2 There should be no isolated VSANs.
Step 3 On both switches, display the active zonesets and configured zonesets, and compare
the results from both switches.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show zoneset active

POD#-MDS9148-B# show zoneset active

The zonesets on both switches should now be identical.

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Task 9: Manage Zone Sets

In this task, you will back up, and recover a zone set.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 In DCNM SAN, select your VSAN (P1 or P2) in the Logical Domains pane.

Step 2 Click the Edit Full Zone Database icon.

Step 3 Make sure you have your 9148 selected, then select File > Backup > This VSAN
Zones from Edit Local Full Zone Database.

Tip If NO zoneset and zones are visible, you have selected the wrong switch ;)

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Step 7 Wait for the file save to complete and observe the Success message in the lower left
corner the window.

Step 8 Click Close.

Step 9 Find the file on the desktop and open it.

Step 10 Still with POD#-MDS9148-A selected, select File > Restore from the Edit Local
Full Zone Database window.

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Step 11 Select Server Location: Local. Click the ellipsis button to the right of the File
Name (Root Path) field to browse to the location of the P X - POD#-MDS9148-
A_VSANPX_zones_cfg.txt backup file.

Step 12 Select the PX-POD#-MDS9148-A_VSANPX_zones_cfg.txt backup file.

Step 13 Click Open. Select Restore in the next window.

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Step 14 Observe the operations in the Restore Zone Configuration dialog.

Step 15 Click Close.

Activity Verification
Complete the following steps on both switches to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Display the active zoneset for both switches.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show zoneset active

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Task 10: Configure Smart Zoning

In this task, you will learn how to enable smart zoning and how to convert an existing zoneset
to use smart zoning.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 Open a command line session to your MDS9148 (Putty, TeraTerm ort Console)
Step 2 Display the active zone set for YOUR VSAN (P1 for –A and P2 for –B)
Pod-MDS9148-X# sho zoneset active vsan PX
zoneset name Zoneset-POD# vsan PX
zone name HOST1 vsan PX
* fcid 0xef00b3 [pwwn 22:00:00:0c:50:a3:c6:df] [POD#-DISK1-PX]
* fcid 0x0b0000 [pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d4:c9] [POD#-HOST1-PX]

zone name HOST2 vsan PX

* fcid 0xef0056 [pwwn 22:00:00:11:c6:bf:a6:0d] [POD#-DISK2-PX]
* fcid 0x0b0100 [pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4] [POD#-HOST2-PX]
Pod-MDS9148-X#

Step 3 Enable “smart zoning” for YOUR VSAN ONLY

Pod-MDS9148-X# conf
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)# zone smart-zoning enable vsan PX
Smart Zoning distribution initiated. check zone status
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)#

Step 4 Check the zone status to verify.

Pod-MDS9148-X(config)# sho zone status vsan PX

VSAN: PX default-zone: deny distribute: active only Interop: default
mode: basic merge-control: allow
session: none
hard-zoning: enabled broadcast: unsupported
smart-zoning: enabled
rscn-format: fabric-address
Default zone:
qos: none broadcast: unsupported ronly: unsupported
Full Zoning Database :
DB size: 216 bytes
Zonesets:1 Zones:2 Aliases: 0
Active Zoning Database :
DB size: 112 bytes
Name: Zoneset-POD# Zonesets:1 Zones:2
Status: Smart Zoning Activation completed at 08:05:12 UTC Feb 14
2014

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Step 5 Check the configured zoneset for your VSAN

Pod-MDS9148-X(config)# sho zoneset vsan PX
zoneset name Zoneset-POD# vsan PX
zone name HOST1 vsan PX
pwwn 22:00:00:0c:50:a3:c6:df [POD#-DISK1-PX]
pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d4:c9 [POD#-HOST1-PX]

zone name HOST2 vsan PX

pwwn 22:00:00:11:c6:bf:a6:0d [POD#-DISK2-PX]
pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 [POD#-HOST2-PX]
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)#

Step 6 Check the active zoneset for your VSAN

Pod-MDS9148-X(config)# sho zoneset active vsan PX
zoneset name Zoneset-POD# vsan PX
zone name HOST1 vsan PX
* fcid 0xef00b3 [pwwn 22:00:00:0c:50:a3:c6:df] [POD#-DISK1-PX]
* fcid 0x0b0000 [pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d4:c9] [POD#-HOST1-PX]

zone name HOST2 vsan PX

* fcid 0xef0056 [pwwn 22:00:00:11:c6:bf:a6:0d] [POD#-DISK2-PX]
* fcid 0x0b0100 [pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4] [POD#-HOST2-PX]
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)#

Step 7 Convert your current zoneset for YOUR VSAN to smart zoning
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)# zone convert smart-zoning vsan PX
Smart-zoning auto_convert initiated. This operation can take few
minutes. Please wait..

Pod-MDS9148-X(config)#
Step 8 Check the configured zoneset for your VSAN
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)# sho zoneset vsan PX
zoneset name Zoneset-POD# vsan PX
zone name HOST1 vsan PX
pwwn 22:00:00:0c:50:a3:c6:df [POD#-DISK1-PX] target
pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d4:c9 [POD#-HOST1-PX] init

zone name HOST2 vsan PX

pwwn 22:00:00:11:c6:bf:a6:0d [POD#-DISK2-PX] target
pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 [POD#-HOST2-PX] init
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)#

Step 9 Check the active zoneset for your VSAN

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zone name HOST2 vsan PX

* fcid 0xef0056 [pwwn 22:00:00:11:c6:bf:a6:0d] [POD#-DISK2-PX]
* fcid 0x0b0100 [pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4] [POD#-HOST2-PX]
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)#

Step 10 Activate your Zoneset again to add the smart zoning information
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)# zoneset activate name Zoneset-POD# vsan 11
Zoneset activation initiated. check zone status
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)#

Step 11 Check the active zoneset for your VSAN

Pod-MDS9148-X(config)# sho zoneset active vsan PX
zoneset name Zoneset-POD# vsan PX
zone name HOST1 vsan PX
* fcid 0xef00b3 [pwwn 22:00:00:0c:50:a3:c6:df] [POD#-DISK1-PX] target
* fcid 0x0b0000 [pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d4:c9] [POD#-HOST1-PX] init

zone name HOST2 vsan PX

* fcid 0xef0056 [pwwn 22:00:00:11:c6:bf:a6:0d] [POD#-DISK2-PX] target
* fcid 0x0b0100 [pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4] [POD#-HOST2-PX] init
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)#

Note Now ALL zones in this zone set use smart zoning – you can disable it on a per-zone basis
by setting
(config)# zone name DumbZone vsan X
(config-zone)# attrib disable-smart-zoning

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Task 11: Cleanup

In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
1. In DCNM SAN in “Logical Domain”, select “All VSANs”

2. In “Physical Attributes “, click “End Devices”

3. In the workpane click on the “Device Alias” Column to sort by device alias.

4. Select all device aliases beginning with your “Pod#” and use the delete key to delete them. Do not forget
to click Apply

5. The “enclosure names” are stored only in the DCNM database, so they can be ignored.
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6. In “Logical Domain”, right-click YOUR VSAN(s) and select “delete VSAN” for ALL VSANs YOU
created.

7. Confirm deletion of your VSAN

8. If DCNM SAN warns you about that VSAN being in use, also confirm there.

9. Open the “Admin…” dialog from the Server entry in the menu bar

10. Select the “Fabrics” tab.

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11. Select your current fabric and click “Remove” to remove the database.

12. Confirm deletion

13. Dismiss the status dialog.

14. Note there is NO fabric now. This will trigger discovery and allows us to start with a clean database.

15. Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by clicking the blue
switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin
Password: 1234QWer

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16. Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR THE CORE
9222is!!! .
# write erase
The following message is displayed:
Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Type y to proceed.
17. Reboot the 9148 switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.

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Lab 4-1: Configuring Cisco DMM

Complete this lab activity to practice what you have learned in the related lesson.
In this lab, you will configure a Data Mobility Manager job to migrate data.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will configure the Data Migration feature. After completing this activity,
you will be able to meet these objectives:
! Complete the initial switch configuration process
! Enable and provision the DMM feature
! Perform the preconfiguration tasks for DMM
! Configure DMM for a Data Mobility job using the DCNM-SAN DMM Wizard
! Run the Data Mobility Manager job
! Terminate and delete a Data Mobility job

Visual Objective
The figure illustrates what you will accomplish in this activity.

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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment that are required to complete this activity:
! Two Cisco MDS 9222i Fibre Channel switches with IOA engines
! Two Windows servers, each with a Fibre Channel HBA
! One JBOD with at least two disks

Command List
The table describes the commands that are used in this activity.

Command Description

config Enters configuration mode

interface mgmt 0 Enters interface sub-configuration mode

ip address x.x.x.x y.y.y.y Configures an IP address on the interface

show interface fc x/y brief Displays in brief the interface state

ip routing Enables IP Routing

ip route a.b.c.d x.x.x.x Configures a static route

y.y.y.y
ping x.x.x.x Verifies connectivity to a remote address

ssm enable feature dmm module Provisions the SSM module in slot 1 for the DMM feature
1
show fcns database vsan X Displays a list of all the ports that are logged in to the
FCNS for a specific VSAN

show ssm provisioning Displays the current provisioning on the SSM module

show dmm module 1 vi-list Displays the virtual nodes created by the DMM
provisioning

show ssh Displays the status of the SSH feature

ssh key rsa 1024 Generates a 1024-bit RSA encryption key for SSH

feature ssh Enables the SSH service

vsan database Enters VSAN sub-configuration mode

vsan X interface fc x/y Configures an interface for VSAN membership

zone name X vsan Y Creates a zone for a specific VSAN

member device-alias XX Adds a member to the zone

zoneset activate name XX vsan Activates a zone for a specific VSAN

Y
member zone X Adds a zone to the zone set

show zoneset active Verifies the active zone set configuration

attach module X Attaches to the specified module

show dmm job job-id X session Displays the session information for the specified DMM job
ID

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Task 1: Setup
In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note In this Lab :

Pod1 will ONLY use Pod1-MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A
Pod2 will ONLY use Pod2-MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B
Pod3 will ONLY use Pod3-MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A

Pod4 will ONLY use Pod4-MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on both MDS switches:
Step 1 Open a console session to your assigned switch (Pod 1 uses Pod1-MDS9148-A,
Pod2 uses Pod2-MDS9148-B) by clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab
GUI.

Note If the switch ask for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

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Mgmt0 IPv4 address : <10.0.1.PN >

(where P is your Pod# and N is 1 for MDS9148-A and 2 for MDS9148-B)
Mgmt0 IPv4 netmask : 255.255.255.0

Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure the ntp server? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure default switchport interface state (shut/noshut) [shut]:
<Enter>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Configure default switchport port mode F (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default zone policy (permit/deny) [deny]: <Enter>

Enable full zoneset distribution (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default zone mode (basic/enhanced) [basic]: <Enter>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

no system default zone distribute full

no system default zone mode enhanced

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Step 5 Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>Launch DCNM SAN, enter
the password password, click Login.

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Step 6 Click Discover . Enter the IP address of YOUR Pod#-MDS9148-X (10.0.1.P1,

10.0.1.P2) , username admin password 1234QWer, click Discover .

Step 7 Select the fabric you have just discovered and click Open.

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Step 8 Double-Click your MDS9148 switch in the “fabric” View in the lower right pane to
open device manager

Step 9 In Device Manager select Ports 11 and 12 and enable them

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Step 10 In the DCNM SAN toolbar, click the Create VSAN icon.

Step 11 Enter the VSAN ID to be created, make sure to slect the correct switches.

• Pod1: 11 on YOUR MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A

• Pod2: 22 on YOUR MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B
• Pod3: 31 on YOUR MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A
• Pod4: 42 on YOUR MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B

Step 12 Click Create.

Step 13 In the Physical Attributes pane, select the Switches > FC Interfaces > Physical
placeholder.

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Step 10 POD1 ONLY:

Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-A FOR YOUR POD ONLY :

Pod number 9222i-A

Ports VSAN

1 fc1/4 11
DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i
Step 11 POD2 ONLY:
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-B FOR YOUR POD ONLY:

Pod number 9222i-B VSAN

Port

2 fc1/8 22
DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i
Step 12 POD3 ONLY:
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-A FOR YOUR POD ONLY :
Pod number 9222i-A VSAN
Ports
3 fc1/12 11

DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i

Step 13 POD4 ONLY:
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-B FOR YOUR POD ONLY:
Pod number 9222i-B VSAN
Port

4 fc1/16 22
DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i

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Task 2: Verify the DMM Feature

In this task you will enable the IP Routing feature and provision DMM on the switches.

Note In this Lab :

Pod1 will ONLY use Pod1-MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A
Pod2 will ONLY use Pod2-MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B
Pod3 will ONLY use Pod3-MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A

Pod4 will ONLY use Pod4-MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B

Activity Procedure
Perform these tasks on both switches.
Step 1 Connect to your assigned MDS9222i (Pods 1&3 use MDS9222i-A, Pods 2&4 use
MDS9222i-B) with a Putty session.
Step 2 Confirm that the SSI image is available on the bootflash:
Pod#-MDS9148-X# dir bootflash:
300 Oct 10 08:11:25 2011 MDS20110930022644059.lic
586 Oct 10 08:11:39 2011 MDS20110930024638872.lic

582 Oct 10 08:11:53 2011 MDS20110930025213433.lic

6629 May 10 14:42:32 2012 MDS9111i-A.cfg
0 Jul 07 16:37:31 2011 admin.rc.cli
49152 Mar 11 10:37:37 2013 lost+found/
15668059 Apr 17 09:32:45 2012 m9000-ek9-ssi-mz.5.2.2a.bin
19345408 May 14 05:02:10 2012 m9200-s2ek9-kickstart-mz.5.0.1a.bin
20576768 Apr 03 14:34:53 2012 m9200-s2ek9-kickstart-mz.5.2.2a.bin
98486505 May 14 05:01:51 2012 m9200-s2ek9-mz.5.0.1a.bin
99152951 Apr 03 14:38:53 2012 m9200-s2ek9-mz.5.2.2a.bin
102445 Mar 12 07:26:19 2013 mts.log
-* Some filesystem space might be used for internal purposes. *

Usage for bootflash://sup-local

452497408 bytes used
239849472 bytes free
692346880 bytes total
Step 3 Confirm the SSI image is installed:
MDS9222i-A# sh ver module 1
ModNo Image Type SW Version SW Interim Version BIOS
Version
1 SLC 6.2(5) 6.2(5) 1.0.19
1 SSI 6.2(5) 6.2(5) n/a
MDS9222i-A#

Note The SSI image installed with install all or install all ssi bootflash:m9000-
ek9-ssi-mz.5.2.5.bin

Step 4 Verify VSAN 1 interface on your MDS9222i

MDS9222i-A# sho int vsan 1
vsan1 is up, line protocol is up
WWPN is 10:00:00:05:9b:7d:05:41, FCID is 0xed00c0
Internet address is 10.10.1.1/24

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MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit

0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 errors, 0 multicast
6 packets output, 384 bytes, 0 errors, 0 dropped

MDS9222i-A#

Note: these are the commands whioch were entered:

MDS# conf t

MDS(config)# interface vsan 1

MDS(config-if)# ip address 10.10.1.P 255.255.255.0

MDS(config-if)# no shut

Note If more than one service engine is used static routes would have to be added.

Step 5 Verify DMM has been enabled on Enable DMM on Module 1 on your MDS9222i
MDS9222i-A(config)# sho ssm provisioning
Module Ports/Nodes Application Provisioning Status
-----------------------------------------------------------
1 1-1 dmm SUCCESS
MDS9222i-A(config)#

Note these are the commands whioch were entered:

MDS(config)# ssm enable feature dmm module 1

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Verify that the virtual node was created when you enabled the DMM feature. (This
virtual node will be used later for zoning.)
MDS9222i(config)# sho dmm module 1 vi-list
======================================================================
DPP-Id VI-pWWN VI-nWWN Outstanding jobs
======================================================================
1 21:71:00:05:9b:7d:05:42 21:70:00:05:9b:7d:05:42 0
MDS9222i(config)#
Step 2 Launch DCNM-SAN Client icon on the desktop.

Step 3 Open DCNM SAN Client if not already/still open.

Step 4 In DCNM-SAN, select Intelligent Features, then in the right hand pane, check both
the Summary and MSM tab. Verify YOUR DMM. (the other 9222i also shows up
here)

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Task 3: Preconfiguration for DMM

For DMM to work, certain preconfiguration tasks should be performed as follows:
! SSH should be enabled on all switches
! Create device aliases (and enclosures) for existing hosts and storage
! Put existing host and storage interfaces in correct VSAN
! Configure existing hosts and storage in a zone and zone set which should be activated

Activity Procedure
Perform the following tasks to prepare for the Data Mobility Manager job.
Step 1 In Cisco DCNM-SAN, you will create aliases for the current host and storage ports
being used. Select YOUR VSAN in “Logical Domains”, navigate to Physical
Attributes > End Devices, and in the right-hand pane, enter the device aliases as
shown:

POD1 ONLY:
! Host on Pod1-MDS9148-A fc1/1: POD1-HOST1-P1
! Disk on MDS9222i-A fc1/4: POD1-DISK1-P1
! Disk on MDS9222i-A fc1/4: POD1-DISK2-P1

POD2 ONLY:
! Host on Pod2-MDS9148-B fc1/1: POD2-HOST1-P2
! Disk on MDS9222i-A fc1/8: POD2-DISK1-P2
! Disk on MDS9222i-A fc1/8: POD2-DISK2-P2

POD3 ONLY:
! Host on Pod3-MDS9148-A fc1/1: POD3-HOST1-P1
! Disk on MDS9222i-A fc1/12: POD3-DISK1-P1
! Disk on MDS9222i-A fc1/12: POD3-DISK2-P1

POD4 ONLY:
! Host on Pod4-MDS9148-B fc1/1: POD4-HOST1-P2
! Disk on MDS9222i-A fc1/8: POD2-DISK1-P2
! Disk on MDS9222i-A fc1/8: POD2-DISK2-P2

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Step 2 Highlight the rows where you have entered your device alias names.
Step 3 Click the Alias > Enclosure button to move the created device aliases to the
Enclosure Name, and clike the Apply Changes button.
Step 4 Verify that the FCNS database correctly displays the host and storage ports:
MDS9222i-A# sh fcns database vsan X

VSAN X:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
FCID TYPE PWWN (VENDOR) FC4-TYPE:FEATURE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x0b0000 N 21:00:00:24:ff:3e:7d:a2 scsi-fcp:init
[POD#-HOST-Px]
0xee0056 NL 22:00:00:20:37:2b:66:01 (Seagate) scsi-fcp:target
[POD#-DISK1-Px]
0xee00b3 NL 22:00:00:20:37:d8:5b:4a (Seagate) scsi-fcp:target
[POD#-DISK2-Px]

Total number of entries = 3

MDS9222i-A#

Step 5 Save your configuration.

Step 6 Create a zone and zone set for YOUR VSAN for POD#-HOST#-Px and POD#-
DISK1-Px , and then activate the zone set.
POD#-MDS9148-X# conf
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# zone name zone1 vsan X
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-zone)# member device-alias POD#-HOST1-Px
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-zone)# member device-alias POD#-DISK1-Px
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-zone)# exit
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# zoneset name zoneset1 vsan X
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-zoneset)# member zone1
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-zoneset)# exit
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# zoneset activate name zoneset1 vsan X
Zoneset activation initiated. check zone status
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# end

Step 7 Verify that the zoneset has been activated:
POD#-MDS9148-X# show zoneset active
zoneset name zoneset1 vsan X
zone name zone1 vsan X
* fcid 0x0b0000 [pwwn 10:00:00:06:2b:08:f2:1d] [POD1-HOST-P1]
* fcid 0x0b01b3 [pwwn 22:00:00:00:87:6e:ad:38] [POD1-DISK1-P1]
Step 8 Log into Host1 and click on Start, then select Administrative Tools>Computer
Management:

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Step 9 Select Disk Management, then right-click on the secondary disk and chose the
Online option.

Caution Warning! Do not format or change settings Disk 0. This is the System Disk.

Step 10 If the disk is not already containing an online volume, create one and quick format it
with the NTFS filesystem.

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Note DMM has certain restrictions with (which you will encounter anyway) and requires a zoneset
to be configured and active – in this lab we are going to use DMM to replicate another disk.

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Task 4: Configure DMM for a Data Mobility Job

In this task you will use the Data Mobility Manager wizard to create a DMM job on MDS-2.
Both Team A and Team B will work together to configure DMM on the DCNM-SAN Server
on Host-2.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps to create the Data Mobility job.

Step 1 Log into Cisco DCNM-SAN is not already open.

Step 2 In DCNM-SAN, select Tools > Data Mobility Manager > Storage Based.

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Step 5 In DMM Wizard Step 2: Select SSM in Each Fabric, select the 9222i YOU ARE
USING, Module 1.

Step 6 Click Next.

Step 7 In DMM Wizard Step 3: DPP VI Selection, accept the VI selected.

Step 8 Click the Create/Activate Zone button.

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Step 9 In DMM Wizard Step 4: Zone Activate Status, verify the zone creation and
verification.

Step 10 Click Next.

Step 11 In DMM Wizard Step 5: Create Session, click the Select All button and click
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Step 12 To verify the job has been created, in Cisco DCNM-SAN, select Physical
Attributes > Intelligent Features > Data Mobility Manager. The job should be
shown in the right-hand pane.

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Open a console session to your switch, and check the active zone set status.
You should see the additional zones and members created for the job.
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)# sho zoneset active
zoneset name zoneset1 vsan 53
zone name zone1 vsan 53
* fcid 0x8a0000 [pwwn 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4] [POD9-HOST1-P1]
* fcid 0x7e00b3 [pwwn 22:00:00:0c:50:a3:c6:df] [POD9-DISK1-P1]

zone name DMM_Zone_admin_2014_03_25_13_42 vsan 53

* fcid 0x7e0100 [pwwn 21:71:00:05:9b:7d:05:42]
* fcid 0x7e00b3 [pwwn 22:00:00:0c:50:a3:c6:df] [POD9-DISK1-P1]
* fcid 0x7e0056 [pwwn 22:00:00:11:c6:bf:a6:0d] [POD9-DISK2-P1]
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Task 5: Run a Cisco DMM Job

In this task, you will run the Data Mobility Manager job recently created on MDS-2. Team A
on MDS-1 will start the job, while Team B on MDS-2 will start the monitoring process.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following tasks to start the Cisco DMM job.
Step 1 Select Physical Attributes > Intelligent Features > Data Mobility Manager and
in Data Migration Status pane, set the Polling Interval to 30s.

Step 2 Team A on MDS-1 should select the job created and click the Start button.

Note Do not wait for the job to complete!!!

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Open a console to their switch and attach to Module 1.
MDS9222i-X# attach module 1
Step 2 Show the DMM job status.
MDS9222i-A# attach module 1
module-1# sho dmm job

show dmm job

==================================================================================================================
Data Mobility Manager Job Information
==================================================================================================================
Num Job Identifier Name Type Mode Method DMM GUI IP Peer SSM DPP Session Status ETA
==================================================================================================================
1 1395751851 admin_2014/03/25-13:42 STG ONL METHOD-1 10.10.1.1 NOT_APPL 1 IN_PROGRESS
Tue Mar 25 14:17:31 2014

Number of Jobs :1
module-1#

Step 3 On Module 1, show the DMM job session details.

Note Use the actual job-id from your CLI output shown in the previous step.

module-1# sho dmm job 1395751851 ?

detail Detailed Job Informatio
job-fsm-eventlog Job FSM EventLog
job-infra-fsm-ev entlog Job Infra FSM EventLog
lun_tokens List of LUN Tokens for the job
manual-itl-list List of Manual ITLs for a Job
session Session Information
storage Storage ports discovered by DM
module-1# sho dmm job 1395751851 detail
show dmm job job-id 1395751851 details
===========================================================================
Data Mobility Manager Job Details
===========================================================================
Job Identifier : 1395751851
Job Name : admin_2014/03/2 5-13:42
Job Type : STORAGE
Job Rate : Default, no rate limiting
Job Mode : ONLINE
Job Method : METHOD-1
Job DPP : 1
Peer SSM IP : NOT_APPLICABLE
DMM GUI IP : 10.10.1.1
Job FSM : READY
Job Infra FSM : DONE
VI nWWN : 21:70:00:05:9b: 7d:05:42
VI pWWN : 21:71:00:05:9b: 7d:05:42
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Job Schedule Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date : 0/ 0/0 [Month/Day/Year ]
Time : 0:0 [Hour:Min]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Server Port List (Num Ports :2)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Num VSAN Server pWWN Virtual Initiator pWWN
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 53 21:71:00:05:9b: 7d:05:42 21:71:00:05:9b: 7d:05:42
2 53 21:00:00:24:ff: 3d:d5:a4 21:73:00:05:9b: 7d:05:42
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Storage Port List (Num Ports :2)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Num VSAN Storage pWWN Type Virtual Target pWWN

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1 53 22:00:00:11:c6 :bf:a6:0d NS 21:77:00:05:9b:7 d:05:42
2 53 22:00:00:0c:50 :a3:c6:df ES 21:75:00:05:9b:7 d:05:42
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DMM GUI PDU History
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Num PDU Opcode GUI IP Rx Tx
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 DM_JOB_CREATE_RE Q 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 13:52:11 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 13:52:11 2014
2 DM_JOB_INFRA_CRE ATE_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 13:53:10 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 13:53:14 2014

3 DM_JOB_LUNMAP_RE
5 13:53:14 2014 Q 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 13:53:14 2014 Tue Mar 2
4 DM_JOB_SESSION_A DD_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 13:56:31 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 13:56:31 2014
5 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 13:56:55 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 13:56:55 2014
6 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 13:56:57 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 13:56:57 2014
7 DM_JOB_ACTION_RE Q RESTART 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 13:59:54 2014 Tue Mar
25 13:59:54 2014
8 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 13:59:57 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 13:59:57 2014
9 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 13:59:59 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 13:59:59 2014
10 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 14:00:28 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 14:00:28 2014
11 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 14:00:58 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 12
14:00:58 2014
DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 14:01:28 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 14:01:28 2014
13 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 14:01:58 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 14:01:58 2014
14 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 14:02:28 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 14:02:28 2014
15 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 14:02:58 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 14:02:58 2014
16 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 14:03:28 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 14:03:28 2014
17 DM_JOB_QUERY_REQ 10.10.1.1 Tue Mar 25 14:03:58 2014 Tue Mar 2
5 14:03:58 2014
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Job Timing Information [since the last start operation]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Create Time :Tue Mar 25 13:52:11 2014
Scheduled Time :Not Applicable
Start Time :Tue Mar 25 13:59:54 2014
Finish-request Time :Not Applicable
Completed Time :Not Applicable
Failed Time :Not Applicable
Stopped Time :Not Applicable
Estimated Completion Time :Tue Mar 25 14:17:30 2014
Verify Start Time :Not Applicable
Verify Completed Time :Not Applicable
Verify Failed Time :Not Applicable
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Task 6: Terminate and Delete a Data Mobility Job

In this task you will terminate and delete the Data Mobility Job created.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following tasks to terminate and delete the DMM job.
Step 1 Click Stop, then Delete the Data Mobility job in DCNM-SAN.

Step 2 Confirm deletion of the job.

Caution DO NOT stop a job like this in a real production environment un less you are really sure.

The destination LUN will be corrupt and you will need to start the DMM job from scratch.

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Task 7: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 In DCNM SAN in “Logical Domain”, select “All VSANs”

Step 2 In “Physical Attributes “, click “End Devices”

Step 3 In the workpane click on the “Device Alias” Column to sort by device alias.

Step 4 Select all device aliases beginning with your “Pod#” and use the delete key to delete
them. Do not forget to click Apply

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Step 5 The “enclosure names” are stored only in the DCNM database, so they can be
ignored.
Step 6 In “Logical Domain”, right-click YOUR VSAN(s) and select “delete VSAN” for
ALL VSANs YOU created.

Step 7 Confirm deletion of your VSAN

Step 8 If DCNM SAN warns you about that VSAN being in use, also confirm there.

Step 9 Open the “Admin…” dialog from the Server entry in the menu bar

Step 10 Select the “Fabrics” tab.

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Step 11 Select your current fabric and click “Remove” to remove the database.

Step 12 Confirm deletion

Step 13 Dismiss the status dialog.

Step 14 Note there is NO fabric now. This will trigger discovery and allows us to start with a
clean database.

Step 15 Click Close.

Step 16 Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by
clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin

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Password: 1234QWer
Step 17 Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR
THE CORE 9222is!!! .
# write erase
The following message is displayed:
Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]

Type y to proceed.

Step 18 Reboot the 9148 switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.
Step 19 The LAST team completing needs to disable DMM (later we will need the processor
compex for FCIP)
MDS9222i# no smm enable feature dmm module 1

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Lab 6-1: Configuring AAA Services

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will configure a Cisco MDS 9000 Series switch to use a centralized AAA
RADIUS server for authentication and accounting. After completing this activity, you will be
able to meet these objectives:
! Configure Windows users and groups, and configure the IAS RADIUS server
! Use the GUI to enable RADIUS AAA and observe resulting accounting log files
! Create a test user and configure AAA server monitoring
! Configure directed request on the MDS to allow the AAA host to be specified at login
! Use the CLI to configure and observe Cisco Fabric Services merges and distributions for
RADIUS

Visual Objective
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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment that are required to complete this activity:
! Two Cisco MDS 9000 Series switches
! Two Windows servers with IAS software installed

Command List
The table describes the commands that are used in this activity.

Command Description

write erase Deletes the existing startup configuration

reload Reboots the switch

show running Displays the current running configuration

switchname Configures the hostname on the switch

role name XXX

Creates role XXX

rule 1 permit cmd

Defines a role rule

show user account Displays user account attributes

show radius server Displays radius server attributes

radius-server host ip-address Configures a RADIUS server test username and idle-time
test username name idle-time setting
[value]

radius-server deadtime 30 Configures the RADIUS server dead-time interval

test aaa server radius ip- Sends a RADIUS server test keepalive message

address name test
show radius-server statistics Displays statistics for the specified RADIUS server
ip-address

radius-server directed- Configures the RADIUS server directed request option on

request the MDS to allow users to specify the RADIUS server for
authentication

radius-server timeout X
Sets timeout of X seconds for the RADIUS server

radius-server retransmit Y
Sets retransmit value of Y seconds for the RADIUS server

radius distribute Distributes the RADIUS configuration settings

radius commit Commits the distribution of RADIUS configuration

Task Overview
In this lab, you will configure Windows users and groups, and configure the IAS RADIUS
server. You will enable RADIUS AAA and observe resulting accounting log files, create a test
user and configure AAA server monitoring, configure directed request on the MDS to allow the
AAA host to be specified at login, and use the CLI to configure and observe Cisco Fabric
Services merges and distributions for RADIUS.

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

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Task 2: Configure a RADIUS Server

In this task, you will configure Windows users and groups, and configure the IAS RADIUS
server.

Activity Procedure
Complete these steps:

Note If you are working in teams, Team A will configure Host1 and MDS9148-A, and Team B will
configure Host2 and MDS9148-B. If you are working alone, you can configure either Team’s
devices, you don’t have to configure bosth hosts/switches.

Step 1 Access the host workstation in your pod. Click on Start, then select Administrative
Tools>Computer Management.

Step 2 Expand Local Users and Groups in the left pane, then right-click Users and choose
New User.

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Note You will create three users, admin and two additional users.

Step 3 Enter a username, complete name, description, and password of your own choosing.

Step 4 Uncheck all check boxes except the Password never expires check box, and then
click Create.
Step 5 Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to create another username and password of your choosing.

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Step 6 Write down the two usernames and passwords for future reference. They will be
used later in the task.

Username 1: Password:

Username 2: Password:

Step 7 Repeat Steps 4 and 5 to create the username admin with the password 1234QWer.
Step 8 Click Close to close the New User window.
Step 9 Right-click Group in the left pane, and choose New Group.

Note You will create two new groups.

Step 10 Enter the group name MDS_Admin and the description MDS Administrators, then
click Add .

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Step 11 Locate and choose the admin user and Username 1 that you created previously.
Click Add to move them to the lower window, and then click OK .

Step 12 Click Create.

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Step 13 Repeat Steps 11 through 13 to create another group named MDS_Zone_Admin

with a description of MDS Zone Administrators, and Username 2 as a member.

Step 14 Click Create and Close the New Group window. Then close the Computer
Management window.
Step 15 Launch the Windows NPS configuration tool Start > Administrative Tools >
Network Policy Server.

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Step 16 Expand the RADIUS Clients and Servers folder, right-click on RADIUS Clients,
and select New .

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Step 17 Enter Pod#-MDS9148-Y (where # is your pod number and Y is the switch ID; for
example: POD#-MDS9148-A ) in the Friendly Name field and 10.0.1.PN (where P
is your Pod# and N is 1 for MDS9148-A and 2 for MDS9148-B) in the Client
Address field, mds9000lab in the Shared Secret and Confirm Shared Secret fields
and click on the Advanced Tab.

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Step 18 Select the “Advanced Tab” and change the Vendor name in the Drop down menu to
Cisco, and then click OK.

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Step 19 Click the Radius Clients tab to verify that your switches appear in the right pane.

Step 20 Expand the Policies and right-click on Network Policies – select “New”

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Step 21 Right-click on the first Policy, and choose Properties.

Note You will create two policies: one for MDS Administrators that will be associated with the
MDS_Admin group and one for MDS Zone Administrators that will be associated with the
MDS_Zone_Admin group. To simplify the process the second policy can be duplicated from
the first one.

Step 22 In the Properties box enter MDS Administrators in the Policy Name field. Do not
change the type, “unspecified”wortks fine here.

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Step 23 Click Next

Step 24 In the “Conditions” use the Add button. Click on User Groups and then Add
again.

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Step 25 Choose Add Groups.

Step 26 Select MDS_Admin, click Add to move it to the lower window, and click OK.

Step 27 Verify that the group is displayed, and click OK .

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Step 28 Click Next

Step 29 Select “Access Granted” and click Next

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Step 30 Check all boxes in the Authentication Methods right Pane, then click Next

Step 31 Click No (or read the online help if you want to ;) )

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Step 32 Do NOT set any “Constraints”, just click Next

Step 33 Remove the “Framed-Protocol – PPP” and “Service-Typ – Framed” standard

Attributes.

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Step 34 Select the “Vendor Specific” RADIUS Attributes.

Step 35 Click “Add…” to add a cisco specific RADIUS Attribute

Step 36 Select Cisco from the Vendor drop-down menu, then click Add .

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Step 37 Click the Add button in the Attribute Information window.

Step 38 Enter the attribute value shell:roles=”network-admin”, in the Attribute

Information window and click OK.

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Step 39 Click OK, check your settings.

Step 40 Click Finish

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Step 41 Click on the Policies then Network Policies to verify that you see your policy
displayed in the right frame.

Note The order of policies is significant. If the first policy matches, the second will not be tried. In
your case, it should not matter, as the two users configured in the MDS_Admin group will
only match the first policy, and the one user configured in the MDS_Zone_Admin group will
only match the second policy.

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Step 42 Create a second Policy with the following parameters:

! Policy Name “MDS Zone Administrators”
! Access granted
! Condition User Group “ MDS_Zone_Admin”
! All “less secure” Authentication Methods enabled
! No constraints
! NO RADIUS Standard Attributes (delete all of them)
! Cisco Vendor Specific RADIUS attribute set to shell:roles=”zone-admin”

Step 43 Check your policies.

Step 44 Close the NPS configuration window.

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Task 3: Configure RADIUS AAA Services on the Cisco MDS

9000
In this task, you will use the GUI to enable RADIUS AAA and observe resulting accounting
log files.

Activity Procedure
Complete these steps:

Note If you are working alone, you will configure Host-1 and MDS-1. If you are working in teams,
Team A will configure Host-1 and MDS-1, and Team B will configure Host-2 and MDS-2.

Step 1 Log into your assigned switch CLI using the username admin and the password
1234QWer.
Step 2 Enter configuration mode and create a role named zone-admin that will allow
access to show and zone configuration commands:
POD#-MDS9148-X# config
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# role name zone-admin

POD#-MDS9148-X(config-role)# rule 1 permit show

POD#-MDS9148-X(config-role)# rule 2 permit config feature zone
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-role)# rule 3 permit config feature
zoneset
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-role)# end

Step 3 Open a Cisco Device Manager connection to your MDS9148 switch (10.0.1.PN)
Step 4 Choose Security > AAA.

Step 5 Click Create to add an AAA server.

Step 6 Accept the default values for Protocol, Index, AuthPort, AcctPort, TimeOut, and
Retransmits.

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Note Index is simply a unique, unassigned value that can be used to create server groups.

Step 7 Enter an IP address in the Name or IP Address field:

! If you are working on MDS-A, enter the address of Host-1 ( 10.0.1.1P1 ).
! If you are working on MDS-B, enter the address of Host-2 ( 10.0.1.1P2 ).
Enter mds9000lab in the Key field. This is the same password that you entered
when you created the RADIUS clients in NPS. Then click Create, and Close.

Step 8 Click the Server Groups tab. Notice that the IP address that you just configured
appears in the ServerIdList field.

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Note You can optionally create server groups containing more than one server. This is done to
provide a backup if the first server is unavailable.

Step 9 Click the Applications tab. This tab is used to map the server groups to the
applications that will use them. Enter the default server group number 1 in the
ServerGroupIdList field for the top two fields.

Note The first field refers to accounting, the second field refers to authentication for Telnet and
SSH logins

Caution The third field refers to authentication for console logins – you might want to leave this on
“local authentication”.

Step 10 Click Apply, and then click Close.

Step 11 On your host desktop, open PuTTY.

Step 12 Enter the IP address of your switch. ( 10.0.1.PN)

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Step 13 Ensure that the SSH option is selected and click Open. Click Yes to accept the SSH
key of your MDS switch.

Step 14 Ensure that the SSH option is selected and click Open.

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Step 15 Verify that you can log in with the username admin and the password 1234QWer.

Note If successful, the results are inconclusive for testing RADIUS authentication, because the
local switch database would be used in case the RADIUS server was not reachable.

Step 16 Close the PuTTY window.

Step 17 Repeat Steps 12 to 15 and verify that you can log in with the usernames and
passwords that you created for Username 1 in Task 2, Step 6.

Note If successful, RADIUS authentication for Telnet must be properly configured, because the
username that you configured does not exist in the local switch database.

Step 18 Type exit to close the CLI window.

Step 19 Repeat Steps 12 to 15. Verify that you can log in with the username and password
that you created for Username2 in Task 2, Step 6.
Step 20 Display the user accounts. Verify that your Username 1 and Username 2 accounts
appear as accounts that were created through remote authentication, that one of them
has a role of zone-admin, and that the other has a role of network-admin:
POD#-MDS9148-X# show user-account
user:admin
this user account has no expiry date
roles:network-admin
user:user1
roles:network-admin
account created through REMOTE authentication
Credentials such as ssh server key will be cached temporarily
only for this user
account
Local login not possible
user:user2
roles:zone-admin
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Credentials such as ssh server key will be cached temporarily

only for this user
account
Local login not possible
Step 21 Enter configuration mode and display all configuration mode commands that are
available to your Username 2. Verify that zone and zone set configuration are
essentially the only tasks that this user can perform.
Pod-MDS9148-X# ?
configure Enter configuration mode
show Show running system information
end Go to exec mode
exit Exit from command interpreter

Pod-MDS9148-X# conf
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Pod-MDS9148-X(config)# ?
zone Zone configuration commands
zoneset Zoneset configuration commands
end Go to exec mode
exit Exit from command interpreter

Pod-MDS9148-X(config)#

Note This verifies that RADIUS authentication and authorization are properly configured for
Telnet. As an optional activity, verify that this is also true for console access.

Step 22 Type end and then exit to close the CLI window.

Activity Verification
To verify your configuration, display the configured RADIUS server:
POD#-MDS9148-X# show radius-server
retransmission count:1
timeout value:5
deadtime value:0
total number of servers:1

following RADIUS servers are configured:

10.0.1.1PN:
available for authentication on port:1812
available for accounting on port:1813
RADIUS shared secret:*******

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Task 4: Configure AAA Server Monitoring

In this task, you will create a test user and configure AAA server monitoring.

Activity Procedure
Complete these steps on both switches:

Step 1 Display the configured RADIUS server to determine its IP address:

POD#-MDS9148-X# show radius-server
retransmission count:1
timeout value:5
deadtime value:0
total number of servers:1

following RADIUS servers are configured:

10.0.1.111:
available for authentication on port:1812
available for accounting on port:1813
RADIUS shared secret:*******

Note The test idle timer specifies the interval during which a RADIUS server receives no requests
before the MDS switch sends out a test packet. The default idle timer value is 0 minutes.
When the idle-time interval is 0 minutes, RADIUS server monitoring is not performed.

Step 2 Configure the test user testuser with the default password test and a test idle time of
20 minutes to specify the interval during which a RADIUS server receives no
requests before the MDS switch sends out a test packet:
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# radius-server host 10.0.1.1PN test username
testuser idle-time 20
(IP = 10.0.1.1P1 for Host-1 or 10.0.1.1PN for Host-2)

Caution If the dead timer of a dead RADIUS server expires before it is sent a RADIUS test message,
that server is marked as alive again even if it is still not responding. Ensure that the dead-
timer value is greater than the test user idle-time value.

Step 3 Configure a dead-timer value of 30 minutes for the RADIUS server:

POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# radius-server deadtime 30
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Activity Verification
Complete these steps to verify your configuration:
Step 1 Send a test message to a RADIUS server using the username testuser and password
test:
POD#-MDS9148-X# test aaa server radius 10.0.1.1PN testuser
test
user has failed authentication

Note The test user will fail authentication. It is recommended that the test username is not the
same as an existing user in the RADIUS database for security reasons.

Step 2 Display the monitoring statistics for the RADIUS server, where IP = 10.0.1.1P1 for
Host-1 and/or IP = 10.0.1.1P2 for Host-2:
POD#-MDS9148-X# show radius-server statistics 10.0.1.1PN
Server is alive since 0 hrs, 34 min, 21 sec

Monitoring Statistics
Time in previous state: N/A
Number of times dead: 0
Total time in dead state: N/A

Authentication Statistics
failed transactions: 0
sucessfull transactions: 10
requests sent: 10
requests timed out: 0
responses with no matching requests: 0
responses not processed: 0

responses containing errors: 0

Accounting Statistics
failed transactions: 0
sucessfull transactions: 27
requests sent: 27
requests timed out: 0
responses with no matching requests: 0
responses not processed: 0
responses containing errors: 0

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Task 5: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.

18. Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by clicking the blue switch
icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin
Password: 1234QWer
19. Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR THE CORE
9222is!!! .
# write erase
The following message is displayed:
Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Type y to proceed.
20. Reboot the 9148 switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.

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Lab 6-2: Implementing Port and Fabric Security

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will configure port security to both allow and prevent devices from logging
into the switch. After completing this activity, you will be able to meet these objectives:

! Use the GUI to enable, activate, and configure port security settings, and view port security
violations and statistics
! Configure fabric binding to enforce ISL security
! Use the GUI to implement DH-CHAP authentication
! Create IP access lists to control access to the mgmt0 interface

Visual Objective
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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment that are required to complete this activity:
! Four Cisco MDS 9000 Series switches with at least one ISL between them
! Two Fibre Channel-attached Windows servers that are connected to the switches and to the
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Command List
The table describes the commands that are used in this activity.

Command Description

write erase Erases the switch configuration file

reload Reloads the switch

show port-security status Displays the status of the port security database

show cfs application name Displays attributes of the Cisco Fabric Services port
port-security security application

show port-security database Displays the port security database

show cfs merge status name Displays the merge status of the Cisco Fabric Services
port-security vsan X
port security application

show fcsp dhchap database Displays DH-CHAP database entries

show fabric-binding status Displays fabric binding status

show fabric-binding database Displays the active database configuration information

active

show fabric-binding Displays fabric binding statistics

statistics

show fcsp interface fc x/y

Displays FC-SP attributes on interface fcx/y

show fcsp interface fc x/y

Displays FC-SP statistics on interface fcx/y
statistics

show fcsp dhchap Displays DH-CHAP hash algorithms and groups

ip access-list Configures IP ACLs in configuration mode

Task Overview

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security configurations, configure fabric binding to enforce ISL security, use the GUI to
implement DH-CHAP authentication, and create IP access lists to control access to the mgmt0
interface.

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

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Task 2: Configure Port Security

In this task, you will use the GUI to enable, activate, and configure port security settings, and
view port security violations and statistics.

Activity Procedure
Complete these steps:

Note Team A on Host-1 will configure MDS9148-A, while Team B on Host-2 will configure 9148-
B.

Step 1 Log into your Windows server.

Step 2 Use Cisco Device Manager to enable all the Host-1, Host-2, JBOD, and ISL
interfaces.
! Host 1 on MDS9148-A interface fc1/1
! Host 1 on MDS9148-B interface fc1/2
! Host 2 on MDS9148-A interface fc1/2
!
Host 2 on MDS9148-B interface fc1/1
! ISLs on MDS9148 A and MDS9148-B interfaces fc1/21-22
(Hint – do not forget the port licenses)
Step 3 Verify that all Host-1, Host-2, JBOD, and ISL interfaces are enabled as follows:
! Host interfaces are F Ports (connected to servers).
! ISL interfaces are TE Ports (connected to the other switches).

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Step 4 On your MDS switch, select Admin > Feature Control .

Step 5 Select the Control tab and select enable in the Action field for port security.
Step 6 Click Apply and Close.

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Step 7 Make sure Port-security was enabled successfully

Step 8 Select Security > Port Security.

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Step 9 Select the Config Database tab and click the Create button.

Step 10 Select VSAN 1 create a security binding between the host device and a nonexistent
interface.
Bind device: pWWN; fc1/1 to Port: Interface; Change the Interface to fc1/13
Step 11 Click the Create button and close the window.

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Step 12 Observe the status bar and confirm that the entry has been created.

Step 13 Click the Actions tab and select forceActivate in the Action column.

Note This will replace the auto-learned entry for the host on fc1/1 with fc1/13.

Step 14 Click Apply and select the Statistics tab.

Step 15 Observe that there are zero denied logins.

Step 16 On the CLI for your MDS 9148, bounce the interface fc1/1.
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# interface fc1/1
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# shut
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# no shut
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# exit

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Note You can also use device manager and disable and enable the port.

Step 17 In the Port Security window, click the Refresh button, and observe that there has
been one denied login.

Step 18 On the command line, check the status of interface fc1/1.

Pod#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# sho int fc 1/1
fc1/1 is down (Suspended due to port security)
Hardware is Fibre Channel, SFP is short wave laser w/o OFC (SN)
Port WWN is 20:01:54:7f:ee:47:d7:48
Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on
snmp link state traps are enabled
Port vsan is 1
Receive data field Size is 2112
Beacon is turned off
5 minutes input rate 32 bits/sec, 4 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
5 minutes output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
--- output omitted ---
Step 19 In the Port Security window, select the Violations tab and click Refresh. Notice that
a violation has been logged.

Step 20 Click the Config Database tab and choose the row for the invalid entry that you
manually configured, and click Delete.

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Step 21 Click Yes to confirm the deletion, then click the Actions tab.
Step 22 In the Action field, choose forceActivate and click Apply.

Note If Auto-Learn is enabled on a VSAN, you must use the force option to reactivate port
security.

Note The recommended method for configuring port security is to enable and activate it after all
valid devices are attached to the fabric. Then copy the active database to the configured
database and turn off Auto-Learn so that untrusted devices cannot log in.

Step 23 In the Port Security window, click the Active Database tab, and then click Refresh.
Verify that you see all devices entries in the active database.

Step 24 Close the Port Security window.

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Activity Verification
Complete these steps on your MDS switch to verify your configuration:
Step 1 Display the port security status:
Pod#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# sho port-security status
Fabric Distribution Disabled
VSAN 1 :Activated database, learning is enabled, No Session
Pod#-MDS9148-A(config-if)#
Step 2 Display the active port security database:
Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho port-security database active
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VSAN Logging-in Entity Logging-in Point (Interface)
Learnt
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
1 21:00:00:24:ff:32:45:d7(pwwn) 20:02:54:7f:ee:47:d7:48(fc1/2)* Yes
1 20:00:54:7f:ee:47:d6:a8(swwn) 20:15:54:7f:ee:47:d7:48(fc1/21)* Yes
1 20:00:54:7f:ee:47:d6:a8(swwn) 20:16:54:7f:ee:47:d7:48(fc1/22)* Yes
1 21:00:00:24:ff:31:c7:ec(pwwn) 20:01:54:7f:ee:47:d7:48(fc1/1)* Yes
[Total 4 entries]
Pod#-MDS9148-A#

Step 3 Display the port security violations in VSAN 1:

Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho port-security violations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VSAN Interface Logging-in Entity Last-Time [Repeat
count]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 fc1/1 21:00:00:24:ff:31:c7:ec(pwwn) Aug 13 03:22:54 2013 [1]
20:00:00:24:ff:31:c7:ec(nwwn)
[Total 1 entries]
Pod#-MDS9148-A#

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Task 3: Configure Fabric Binding for Fibre Channel VSANs

In this task, you will configure fabric binding to enforce ISL security.

Activity Procedure

Note Team A will configure MDS9148-A, and Team B will configure MDS9148-B. However, the
following procedure requires cooperation and synchronization between the two teams. If you
are working alone, you will configure both MDS switches.

Complete these steps to demonstrate VSAN isolation because of a fabric binding database
mismatch:
Step 1 Both teams will bring down the ISLs between all MDS switches.
POD#-MDS9148-X# conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# interface fc1/21-22
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# shut
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# exit
Step 2 Both teams will ensure that all ISLs are down.
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# show interface fc1/21-22 brief
Step 3 Create VSAN 10 to serve as a test VSAN.
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# vsan database
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-vsan-db)# vsan 10
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-vsan-db)# exit
Step 4 Enable the fabric binding feature:
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# feature fabric-binding
Step 5 Both teams will add an arbitrary sWWN entry to the fabric binding database and
activate.

Team A on MDS9148-A, add: 20:00:00:00:00:00:00:02

POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# fabric-binding database vsan 10
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-fabric-binding)# swwn 20:00:00:00:00:00:00:02
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-fabric-binding)# exit
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# fabric-binding activate vsan 10

Team B on MDS9148-B, add: 20:00:00:00:00:00:00:01

POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# fabric-binding database vsan 10
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-fabric-binding)# swwn 20:00:00:00:00:00:00:01
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-fabric-binding)# exit

POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# fabric-binding activate vsan 10

Note If you receive the error “Error for VSAN 10: Conflicting entries in the databases. Use force
option to override”, you are still connected to another MDS over an ISL. Check all ISLs are
down and repeat Step 4 above.

Step 6 Both teams will verify the changes.

POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# sh fabric-binding database
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Vsan Logging-in Switch WWN Domain-id

--------------------------------------------------
10 20:00:00:05:9b:7d:05:40 0xed(237) [Local]
10 20:00:00:00:00:00:00:02 Any
[Total 2 entries]
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# sh fabric-binding database
--------------------------------------------------
Vsan Logging-in Switch WWN Domain-id
--------------------------------------------------
10 20:00:00:05:9b:7d:01:40 0xee(238) [Local]
10 20:00:00:00:00:00:00:01 Any
[Total 2 entries]

Note [Local] designates the switch where the command was invoked. Each switch will display the
manual (arbitrary) entry and their local switch WWN. The disparity will result in isolation of
VSAN 1 when the ISL between MDS-1 and MDS-2 is brought back up.

Step 7 Both teams will activate fc1/21-22:

POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# interface fc1/21-22
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# no shut
Step 8 After both teams ports are back up again check the interface status of fc1/21-22:

Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho int fc 1/21-22 brief

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface Vsan Admin Admin Status SFP Oper Oper Port
Mode Trunk Mode Speed Channel
Mode (Gbps)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/21 1 auto on trunking swl TE 4 --
fc1/22 1 auto on trunking swl TE 4 --
Pod#-MDS9148-A#

Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho int fc 1/21-22 trunk vsan

fc1/21 is trunking
Vsan 1 is up (None)
Vsan 10 is down (Isolation due to fabric bind failure)
fc1/22 is trunking
Vsan 1 is up (None)
Vsan 10 is down (Isolation due to fabric bind failure)

Pod#-MDS9148-A#

Step 9 Display fabric binding violations:

POD#-MDS9148-X# sh fabric-binding violations
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VSAN Switch WWN [domain] Last-Time [Repeat count] Reason
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 20:00:54:7f:ee:47:d6:88 [0x3 ] Mar 13 14:14:48 2013 [1] sWWN not found
10 20:00:00:05:9b:7d:01:40 [*] Mar 13 14:17:27 2013 [1] sWWN not found
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POD#-MDS9148-X# sh fabric-binding violations

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VSAN Switch WWN [domain] Last-Time [Repeat count] Reason
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 20:00:54:7f:ee:38:fc:38 [0xc9] Mar 13 14:14:55 2013 [1] sWWN not found
10 20:00:00:05:9b:7d:05:40 [*] Mar 13 14:17:30 2013 [1] sWWN not found
[Total 2 entries]

Step 10 Both teams will shut down interface fc1/21-22

POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# interface fc1/21-22

POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# shut
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# exit
Step 11 In the following steps, you will log in to the MDS switch of the other team using
Telnet, and record the switch WWN and domain ID. Then, exit back to your switch
and use these values to configure the fabric binding database with the correct values.
Step 12 Enable the Telnet feature if necessary:
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# feature telnet
Step 13 Use Telnet to login to the other switch, and record the MDS-2 or MDS-1 switch
WWN and Domain ID for VSAN 10.

P10-MDS-P(config)# telnet 10.0.1.1Q

Trying 10.0.1.1Q...
Connected to 10.0.1.1Q.
Escape character is '^]'.
User Access Verification
login: admin
Password:
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
--- output omitted ---
P10-MDS-Q# show fabric-binding database
--------------------------------------------------

Vsan Logging-in Switch WWN Domain-id

--------------------------------------------------
10 20:00:00:05:9b:7d:01:40 0xee(238) [Local]
10 20:00:00:00:00:00:00:01 Any
[Total 2 entries]
Step 14 Record the following information for your neighboring MDS :

MDS-Q WWN : _____________________________________________

(Ex: 20:00:00:05:9b:7d:06:80)

MDS-Q Domain Id VSAN1 : _________________

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Step 15 Both teams will enter the fabric binding database on their MDS and remove the
arbitrary entry, then add the sWWN and domain ID for your partners MDS that you
just recorded
P10-MDS-P(config)# fabric-binding database vsan 10
P10-MDS-P(config-fabric-binding)# no swwn 20:00:00:00:00:00:00:0Q
P10-MDS-P(config-fabric-binding)# swwn <use sWWN recorded above>

domain <use domain-id recorded above>

P10-MDS-P(config-fabric-binding)# exit
P10-MDS-P(config)#

Step 16 Activate the configured database.

P10-MDS-P(config )# fabric-binding activate vsan 10
P10-MDS-P(config)# exit

Step 17 Confirm that your partners MDS is now listed in the Fabric Binding database:

POD#-MDS9148-X# show fabric-binding database vsan 10

--------------------------------------------------
Vsan Logging-in Switch WWN Domain-id
--------------------------------------------------
10 20:00:00:05:9b:7d:05:40 0xed(237) [Local]
10 20:00:00:05:9b:7d:01:40 0xee(238)
[Total 2 entries]

POD#-MDS9148-X# show fabric-binding database vsan 10

--------------------------------------------------
Vsan Logging-in Switch WWN Domain-id
--------------------------------------------------
10 20:00:00:05:9b:7d:01:40 0xed(238) [Local]
10 20:00:00:05:9b:7d:05:40 0xee(237)
[Total 2 entries

Note Both switches should display the same fabric binding database.

Step 18 Both teams will reactivate ISL interface fc1/21-22 and verify that VSAN 1 has
successfully merged:
Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho int fc 1/21-22 brief

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Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho int fc 1/21-22 trunk vsan

fc1/21 is trunking
Vsan 1 is up (None)
Vsan 10 is up (None)
fc1/22 is trunking
Vsan 1 is up (None)
Vsan 10 is up (None)
Pod#-MDS9148-A#

Step 19 Both teams will disable fabric binding:

Pod#-MDS9148-X# conf
Pod#-MDS9148-X (config)# no feature fabric-bind

POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# 2013 Mar 13 15:22:59 POD#-MDS9148-X
%PORT-SECURITY-2-FEATURE_DISABLED: Feature fabric-binding
disabled due to explicit user disable
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# 2013 Mar 13 15:23:01 POD#-MDS9148-X
%PORT-SECURITY-2-FEATURE_DISABLED: Feature fabric-binding
disabled due to explicit user disable
Step 20 Save your switch configuration.
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# copy run start
[########################################] 100%
Copy complete, now saving to disk (please wait)...
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)#

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Task 4: Implement DH-CHAP

In this task, you will use the GUI to implement DH-CHAP authentication.

Activity Procedure
Complete these steps:

Note Team A will configure MDS-1, and Team B will configure MDS-2. However, the following

procedure requires cooperation and synchronization between the two teams. If you are
working alone, you will configure both Pod#-MDS9148-X switches.

Step 1 Verify that the ISL interface on fc1/21-22 is up and trunking.

Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho int fc 1/21-22 brief

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface Vsan Admin Admin Status SFP Oper Oper Port
Mode Trunk Mode Speed Ch.
Mode (Gbps)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/21 1 auto on trunking swl TE 4 --
fc1/22 1 auto on trunking swl TE 4 --

Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho int fc 1/21-22 trunk vsan

fc1/21 is trunking
Vsan 1 is up (None)
Vsan 10 is up (None)
fc1/22 is trunking
Vsan 1 is up (None)
Vsan 10 is up (None)
Pod#-MDS9148-A#

Step 2 Open Device Manager for your Switch

Step 3 Both teams will choose Admin > Feature Control .

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Step 4 Select the Control tab. Choose enable in the Action field for the FCSP feature and
click Apply and Close.

Note DH-CHAP is one of several security protocols that are supported by the FC-SP standard.
This feature requires the Enterprise license package.

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Step 1 Team up with your Pod partner: Launch DCNM-SAN Client icon on the desktop.

Step 2 Enter the DCNM Server IP, which is 10.0.1.1P1 and enter the password 1234QWer
to login.

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Step 3
Enter the IP
password address the
1234QWer seed
and switch,
click MDS9148-A
Discover. 10.0.1.11 , enter the admin

Step 4 Select your discovered fabric and click Open.

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Step 5 Team B: Launch DCNM-SAN Client icon on the desktop and login to the
discovered fabric.

Step 6 Expand the Switches then the Security folders in the Physical Attributes pane, and
select FC-SP.
Step 7 Make sure the Status is “enabled” in the “General” Tab

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Step 8 Click the General/Password tab, enter mds9000lab in the GenericPassword field

for both switches and click the Apply Changes button.

Step 9 Click the Remote Passwords tab in the Information pane, then click the Create
Row button.

Step 10 Make sure ONLY MDS9148-B is selected. In the WWN drop-down menu, choose
MDS9148-A. Enter the password mds9000lab and click Create.

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Step 11 Make sure ONLY MDS-9148-B is selected. In the WWN drop-down menu, choose
MDS9148-A . Enter the password mds9000lab and click Create, then Close.

Note Each switch will use a generic local password, which is a password that is not specific to a
particular device. However, the password that each switch will send to the remote device
must be tied to a particular switch WWN.

Note You can also configure device-specific local passwords in addition to or instead of the
generic local password that was configured earlier, so that, for example, the password that
you expect to receive from a particular sWWN is unique to that device.

Step 12 Check your configuration: Each MDS9148 must know the password for the other
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Step 13 Select Switches > FC Interfaces > Physical in the DCNM-SAN Physical Attributes
pane. On the detail view in the top right pane, click the FC-SP tab.

Note You may need to scroll the tabs to the right > until FC-SP comes into view.

Step 14 Set the FC-SP mode to On in the Mode column for interface fc1/21 and apply the
changes by clicking the green Apply Changes button.

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Step 15 Return to Cisco Device Manager and disable and then enable interface fc1/21 on
both switches.

Step 16 Verify that the port comes up as a TE Port.

Activity Verification
Complete these steps to verify your configuration:
Step 1 Log into the CLI and view the contents of the FC-SP DH-CHAP database:
Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho fcsp dhchap database

DHCHAP Local Password:

Non-device specific password:**********

Other Devices' Passwords:

Password for device with WWN:20:00:54:7f:ee:47:d6:a8
is **********
Pod#-MDS9148-A#

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Step 2 View FC-SP information for fc1/21.

Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho fcsp interface fc 1/21

fc1/21:
fcsp authentication mode:SEC_MODE_ON
Status:Successfully authenticated
Authenticated using local password database
Pod#-MDS9148-A#
Step 3 View more detailed FC-SP statistics for interface fc1/21:
Pod#-MDS9148-A# sho fcsp interface fc 1/21 statistics

fc1/21:
fcsp authentication mode:SEC_MODE_ON
Status:Successfully authenticated
Authenticated using local password database
Statistics:
FC-SP Authentication Succeeded:2
FC-SP Authentication Failed:0
FC-SP Authentication Bypassed:0
FC-SP ESP SPI Mismatched frames:0
FC-SP ESP Auth failed frames:0
Pod#-MDS9148-A#
Step 4 View the supported DH-CHAP hash algorithms and group IDs:
POD#-MDS9148-X# show fcsp dhchap
Supported Hash algorithms (in order of preference):
DHCHAP_HASH_MD5
DHCHAP_HASH_SHA_1

Supported Diffie Hellman group ids(in order of preference):

DHCHAP_GROUP_NULL
DHCHAP_GROUP_1536
DHCHAP_GROUP_1024
DHCHAP_GROUP_1280
DHCHAP_GROUP_2048

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Task 5: Create IP Access Lists

In this task, you will create an IP access list that will limit access to the management interface
to Telnet traffic.

Activity Procedure
Complete these steps on your assigned switch:
Step 1 Log into the switch CLI using the username admin and the password 1234QWer.
Step 2 Create an IP ACL with the list name 101 that restricts traffic to the MDS mgmt0
interface to the Telnet application, using the source IP address and wildcard for your
pod management subnet and a destination address of any:
POD#-MDS9148-X# config
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# feature telnet
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# ip access-list 101 permit tcp 10.0.1.0
0.0.0.255 any eq port 23
Step 3 Apply the access list to the mgmt0 interface:
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# interface mgmt0
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# ip access-group 101 in
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# end

Activity Verification
Complete these steps to verify your configuration:
Step 1 Log in to a Windows host on your pod.
Step 2 Choose Start > Run and enter the Telnet command that is pointing to the
management IP address of the MDS switch to which you applied the IP ACL and
click OK .

Step 3 Log into the MDS switch from the Telnet session with the username admin and the

password 1234QWer.

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Step 4 From your Windows desktop, launch a command prompt by choosing Start >
Run > cmd and click OK.

Step 5 Use the ping command to attempt to ping the management IP address of the MDS
switch to which you applied the IP ACL.

Step 6 Return to the switch console CLI.

Step 7 Display the number of times that the IP access list was matched:
POD#-MDS9148-X# show ip access-list 101
ip access-list 101

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permit tcp 10.0.1.0 0.0.0.255 any eq port telnet (37

matches)
POD#-MDS9148-X#
Step 8 Remove the IP access list from the mgmt0 interface and delete it:
POD#-MDS9148-X# config
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# interface mgmt 0
POD#-MDS9148-X(config-if)# no ip access-group 101 in
POD#-MDS9148-X(config)# no ip access-list 101 permit tcp
10.0.1.0 0.0.0.255 any eq port 23
Step 9 Verify that you can receive an ICMP ping echo from the switch and access the
switch via Cisco DCNM-SAN.

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Step 7 Confirm deletion of your VSAN

Step 8 If DCNM SAN warns you about that VSAN being in use, also confirm there.

Step 9 Open the “Admin…” dialog from the Server entry in the menu bar

Step 10 Select the “Fabrics” tab.

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Step 11 Select your current fabric and click “Remove” to remove the database.

Step 12 Confirm deletion

Step 13 Dismiss the status dialog.

Step 14 Note there is NO fabric now. This will trigger discovery and allows us to start with a
clean database.

Step 15 Click Close.

Step 16 Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by
clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin

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Type y to proceed.

Step 18 Reboot the 9148 switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.

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Lab 7-1: Implementing an FCIP Tunnel

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will create and test an FCIP tunnel between two SAN fabrics. After
completing this activity, you will be able to meet these objectives:

! Complete the initial switch configuration process

! Configure a Gigabit Ethernet interface
! Configure an FCIP profile
! Create an FCIP tunnel
! Create device aliases, zones, and zonesets for devices that communicate on the FCIP tunnel
! Create and test a disk partition on the remote storage device

Visual Objective
The figure illustrates what you will accomplish in this activity.

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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment required to complete this activity:
! Two MDS 9000 Fibre Channel switches with IPS modules or integrated Gigabit Ethernet
ports
! Two Windows servers, each with a Fibre Channel (FC) HBA

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Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity.

Command Description

write erase Deletes the existing startup-configuration.

reload Reboots the switch.

show running Displays the current running-configuration.

Copies the current running-configuration to the startup-
copy run start
configuration.

show fcns database Displays a list of all the ports that are logged in to the
[ vsan vsan-id
] FCNS.

Displays the status of and statistics for interface fc

show interface fc slot/port
slot/port.

show interface Displays the status of and statistics for interface

gigabitethernet slot/port gigabitethernet slot or port.
feature fcip Enables FCIP on that switch.
Creates a profile for the FCIP connection. The
fcip profile [ value ]
valid range is from 1 to 255.
interface fcip [ value ] Creates an FCIP interface.

no shutdown Enables an interface.

show interface fcip Displays the status of and statistics for FCIP interface

interface-number interface-number.

show fcip profile Displays the FCIP profile configuration.

show wwn switch Displays the local switch fabric world wide name (WWN).

Lists all the FLOGI sessions through all interfaces across

show flogi database
all VSANs.

device-alias database Configures and activates the device alias database..

device-alias name <name> pwwn

Configures device names in the device alias database.
pwwn>
<

Applies the pending configuration pertaining to the

device-alias commit Distributed Device Alias Services (device alias) Cisco
Fabric Services (CFS) distribution session.

show device-alias database Displays the entire device name database.

Creates a zone called name in VSAN X and enters

zone name name vsan X
configuration mode for that zone.

Creates a zoneset called name in VSAN X and enters

zoneset name name vsan X

configuration mode for that zoneset.

member zonename Adds zone zonename to the current zoneset.

zoneset activate name name
Activates the zoneset called name in VSAN X.
vsan X

Displays the active zoneset, showing its name and the
show zoneset active
name of each active zone with all the members of all the
[ vsan X
]
zones listed.

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

Step 5 You will now use Device Manager to enable the links between the switches you are
managing. Launch Device Manager.

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Step 6 Connect to your 9148, enter the password 1234QWer , then click Open.

Step 7 Note all ports are (shut)down.

Step 8 Enable interfaces FC1/1 on the 9148s as an F port and

FC1/11 and FC1/12 as an E port. Since all ports are autosensing by default,
enabling them is enough.

Note The 9222i has been preconfigured.

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Step 9 Launch DCNM SAN Client, enter the password password , click Login .

Step 10 Click Discover . Enter the IP address of YOUR 9148, username admin password
1234QWer, click Discover .

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Step 11 Select the fabric you have just discovered and click Open.

Step 12 In the DCNM SAN toolbar, click the Create VSAN icon.

Step 13 Enter the VSAN ID to be created.

YOUR PODX-MDS9148-A and BOTH MDS9222i: enter VSAN ID P1
YOUR PODX-MDS9148-B and BOTH MDS9222i: enter VSAN ID P2

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Step 14 Click Create.

Step 15 In the Physical Attributes pane, select the Switches > Interfaces > FC Physical
placeholder.

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Caution READ THE LAB GUIDE CAREFULLY!

The VSAN assignments in the FCIP labs are DIFFERENT
from the previous labs.

Step 14 If you are configuring Fabric A assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-A
and MDS9222i-B
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-A: VSAN P1 members = fc1/1
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-B FOR YOUR POD ONLY :
Pod number 9222i-B VSAN
Port
1 fc1/4 11

2 fc1/8 21
3 fc1/12 31
4 fc1/16 41

DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i

Step 15 If you are configuring Fabric B assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-B
and MDS9222i-A
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-B: VSAN P2 members = fc1/1
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-A FOR YOUR POD ONLY :
Pod number 9222i-A VSAN
Port
1 fc1/4 12
2 fc1/8 22
3 fc1/12 32

4 fc1/16 42
DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i
Step 16 Do not forget to Click the Apply Changes button.
Step 17 From the CLI, verify the interface VSAN membership.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show vsan membership
vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/2 fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5
fc1/6 fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9
…
vsan 11 interfaces:
fc1/1

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PODX-MDS9148-B# show vsan membership

vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/2 fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5
fc1/6 fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9
…
vsan 12 interfaces:
fc1/1

Step 18 Select All VSANs in the Logical Domains pane.

Step 19 Verify that the operational state of VSAN P1 and VSAN P2 shows the operational
state up. The Segmentation is normal and will disappear as soon as we bring up the
FCIP tunnel.

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Task 2: Configure Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces

In this task, you will configure Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.
This involves the Fabric A team, for example, who will initially log in to Device Manager on
MDS9222i-A and configure gigE1/P port on MDS9222i-A and then subsequently completing
the FCIP tunnel creation in the following task.
The Fabric B team will configure the Gigabit Ethernet Interface gigE1/P on MDS9222i-B.

Activity Procedure

Note If you are working alone on a pod, you will need to configure both switches to complete the
work of Team 1.

Team 1 will Log in to Windows server as administrator using the password 1234QWer .
Step 1 Open the Device Manager from the Windows desktop and enter the following
information in the dialog box:
! In the Device Name field, enter the IP address of your MDS9222i-A if your are
configuring Fabric A and MDS9222i-B if you are configuring Fabric B
! In the User Name field, enter admin.
! In the Password field, enter 1234QWer.
Step 2 Click Open.

Step 3 The Device Manager window opens, showing the Device view.
Step 4 Right-click port gigE1/P and choose Configure .

Pod 1 uses gigE 1/1

Pod 2 uses gigE 1/2
Pod 3 1/3
uses gigE
Pod 4 uses gigE 1/4

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Step 5 In the General tab of the configuration dialog box, configure the following settings:
! In the Description field, enter “Pod# FCIP Link”
! In the Admin field, click the up radio button

! In the IP address/mask field, enter the IP address and mask for your switch
! Leave all other settings at their default values

Note Typically, you would / should change the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) from 1500 to
2300. An MTU of 1500 will fragment some FC frames, which can be up to 2148 bytes in
length. Fragmentation will reduce effective bandwidth. However, not all Ethernet switches
support jumbo frames. The entire WAN path between the 2 gigE ports must support jumbo
frames for you to use an MTU of 2300. DO NOT change MTU in this lab.

Step 6 Click the “IP Address(es)…” Button to assign IP addresses.

Step 7 Click “ Create” and assign the IP address according to the table below.

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Caution The dialog seems to allow to configure multiple IP addresses but only the LAST configured
one will be saved.

MDS9222i-A MDS9222i-B

Pod 1 gigE1/1 10.0.11.1/24 10.0.11.2/24

Pod 2 gigE1/2 10.0.12.1/24 10.0.12.2/24

Pod 3 gigE1/3 10.0.13.1/24 10.0.13.2/24

Pod 4 gigE1/4 10.0.14.1/24 10.0.14.2/24

Step 8 Click Apply, and then click Close. You have now finished configuring the physical
properties for the Gigabit Ethernet interface on the MDS9222i .

Step 9 From the CLI, display the status of your Gigabit Ethernet interface. Your display
should be similar to the following example.
MDS9222i# show interface gigabitethernet 1/P
GigabitEthernet1/P is up
Port description is Pod# FCIP Link
Hardware is GigabitEthernet, address is 000d.ec75.3af8
Internet address is 10.1.1P.1/24
MTU 1500 bytes
Port mode is IPS
Speed is 1 Gbps
Beacon is turned off

Auto-Negotiation is turned on
5 minutes input rate 72 bits/sec, 9 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
5 minutes output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
30 packets input, 8568 bytes
0 multicast frames, 0 compressed
0 input errors, 0 frame, 0 overrun 0 fifo
1 packets output, 42 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 fifo
0 carrier errors

Note The interface should be in an up state. If this is not the case, correct the problem before
proceeding.

Step 10 To test the Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, ping the IP address of the other switch’s
gigE1/P port. Your display should resemble the following.
MDS9222i# ping 10.0.1P.X
PING 10.0.1P.X (10.0.1P.X) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.0.1P.X: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.379 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1P.X: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.357 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.1P.X: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=0.504 ms

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64 bytes from 10.0.1P.X: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=0.349 ms

--- 10.0.1P.X ping statistics ---

5 packets transmitted, 4 received, 20% packet loss, time
4011ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.349/0.397/0.504/0.064 ms

Step 11 If the ping was successful, save your configuration.

POD#-MDS9148-A# copy run start

Activity Verification

You have completed this task when you attain this result:
! You can successfully ping the remote end of your Gigabit Ethernet interface

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Task 3: Configure an FCIP Profile

In this task, you will configure an FCIP profile.

Activity Procedure
Each team should complete the following steps on your assigned MDS9222i switches to
configure their gigE1/P port for the FCIP Profile.
Step 1 Open a device manager session to the MDS9222i you are responsible for:
Team FabricA uses MDS9222i-A, Team FabricB uses MDS9222i-B
Step 2 From the MDS Device Manager menu, choose Admin > Feature Control .

Step 3 Click the the “Control tab” and VERIFY the status for the fcip feature tobe
ENABLED.

Step 4 Click Close.

Step 5 From Device Manager select IP > FCIP.

Step 6 In the FCIP dialog box, click the Profiles tab, and then click Create.

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Step 7 In the Create FCIP Profiles dialog box, configure the following FCIP Profile
parameters:
! Profile ID: your Pod #
! IP Address: Choose YOUR gig1/P IP address (10.0.1P.1/2) from the pull-down
menu
! Leave all other settings at their default values
Step 8 Click Create and then click Close.

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Note The following TCP parameters can be left at their default values.
TCP Port: This parameter specifies the TCP port on which FCIP listens for an incoming
connection.
SACK: TCP selective acknowledgement (SACK) helps overcome the limitation of multiple
lost packets during a TCP transmission.
KeepAliveTimeout: This parameter enables you to configure the interval for TCP
connections to determine if the FCIP link is functioning. Configuring a KeepAliveTimeout
ensures that a FCIP link failure is detected quickly even when there is no traffic.

MinReTxTimeout: This parameter controls the minimum amount of time TCP waits before
retransmitting.
MaxReTx: This parameter specifies the maximum number of times a packet is retransmitted
before TCP decides to close the connection.
SendBufSize: This parameter defines the required additional buffering that TCP allows
beyond the normal send window size.
MaxBandwidth, MinAvailBandwidth, and Estimated RTT: These values are used to
automatically calculate the TCP Maximum Window Size (MWS) and other TCP flow control
parameters.
PMTU Enable: Path MTU (PMTU) allows the MDS to dynamically adjust the IP MTU that
you configured on the Gigabit Ethernet port to the lowest common denominator supported
by all devices in the IP network. Note that all IP devices must support PMTU for this to work.
ResetTimeout: This parameter specifies the time after which TCP tries the original MTU.

Step 9 Your FCIP profile configuration should look similar to the following illustration.

Note The VSAN configuration and lack of any FC ISL connectivity will force all traffic between the
hosts and the JBOD(s) over the FCIP link as soon as we have created to FCIP tunnel.

Step 10 Close the FCIP dialog.

Step 11 Using putty from your student desktop or the CLI of your 9148, open a telnet
session to the 9222i (MDS9222i-A: 10.0.1.1; MDS9222i-B: 10.1.1.2) you have
configured and display the status of your FCIP profile. Your display should
resemble the following output.
POD#-MDS9148-A# telnet 10.0.1.X/2
Trying 10.0.1.X...
Connected to 10.0.1.X.
Escape character is '^]'.
User Access Verification
login: admin
Password: 1234QWer
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MDS9222i#
MDS9222i# sho fcip profile

-------------------------------------------------------------
ProfileId Ipaddr TcpPort
-------------------------------------------------------------
P 10.0.1P.X 3225
… other Pod profiles here…

MDS9222i# sho fcip profile P

FCIP Profile P
Internet Address is 10.0.1P.X/24 (interface GigabitEthernet1/P)
Listen Port is 3225
TCP parameters
SACK is enabled
PMTU discovery is enabled, reset timeout is 3600 sec
Keep alive is 60 sec
Minimum retransmission timeout is 200 ms
Maximum number of re-transmissions is 4
Send buffer size is 0 KB
Maximum allowed bandwidth is 1000000 kbps
Minimum available bandwidth is 500000 kbps
Configured round trip time is 1000 usec
Congestion window monitoring is enabled, burst size is 50 KB
Auto jitter detection is enabled
MDS9222i#

Activity Verification
You have completed this task when you attain these results:
! FCIP profile parameters have been correctly configured
! You can successfully ping the IP address assigned to the other end of your FCIP tunnel

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Task 4: Create an FCIP Tunnel

In this task, you will create an FCIP tunnel.

Activity Procedure
Each team should complete the following steps on their assigned Pod#-MDS9148-X
switch to continue to configure their FCIP tunnel.
Step 1 From the CLI, enter configuration mode and execute the following commands to
create the FCIP interface, and associate it with the FCIP profile you have created.

FABRIC TEAM A
MDS9222i-A# conf
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
MDS9222i-A(config)# int fcip P
MDS9222i-A(config-if)# use-profile P
MDS9222i-A(config-if)# peer-info ipaddr 10.0.1P.2
MDS9222i-A(config-if)# switchport trunk allowed vsan P1-P2
MDS9222i-A(config-if)# no shut
end
MDS9222i-A(config-if)#
MDS9222i-A#

FABRIC TEAM B
MDS9222i-B# conf
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
MDS9222i-B(config)# int fcip P
MDS9222i-B(config-if)# use-profile P
MDS9222i-B(config-if)# peer-info ipaddr 10.0.1P.1
MDS9222i-B(config-if)# switchport trunk allowed vsan P1-P2
MDS9222i-B(config-if)# no shut
MDS9222i-B(config-if)# end

MDS9222i-B#

Step 2 Complete this task by performing the following steps on both switches: Display the
status of the FCIP tunnel using the show interface fcip P command. Your display
should resemble the following.
MDS9222i-A# sho int fcip P
fcipP is trunking
Hardware is GigabitEthernet
Port WWN is 20:14:00:05:9b:7d:05:40
Peer port WWN is 20:14:00:05:9b:7d:01:40
Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on
snmp link state traps are enabled
Port mode is TE
Port vsan is 1
Speed is 1 Gbps
Trunk vsans (admin allowed and active) (P1-P2)
Trunk vsans (up) (P1-P2)
Trunk vsans (isolated) ()
Trunk vsans (initializing) ()
Interface last changed at Fri Apr 13 13:44:46 2012

Using Profile id P (interface GigabitEthernet1/P)

Peer Information

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Peer Internet address is 10.0.1P.2 and port is 3225

Write acceleration mode is configured off
Tape acceleration mode is configured off
Tape Accelerator flow control buffer size is automatic
FICON XRC Accelerator is configured off
Ficon Tape acceleration configured off for all vsans
IP Compression is disabled
Maximum number of TCP connections is 2
QOS control code point is 0
QOS data code point is 0 TCP Connection Information
2 Active TCP connections
Control connection: Local 10.0.1P.1:3225, Remote 10.0.1P.2:65531
Data connection: Local 10.0.1P.1:3225, Remote 10.0.1P.2:65533
40 Attempts for active connections, 0 close of connections
TCP Parameters
Path MTU 1500 bytes
Current retransmission timeout is 200 ms
Round trip time: Smoothed 8 ms, Variance: 4 Jitter: 150 us
Advertized window: Current: 24580 KB, Maximum: 24580 KB, Scale: 5
Peer receive window: Current: 38 KB, Maximum: 38 KB, Scale: 5
Congestion window: Current: 34 KB, Slow start threshold: 112 KB
Current Send Buffer Size: 24580 KB, Requested Send Buffer Size: 0 KB
CWM Burst Size: 50 KB
Measured RTT : 500000 us Min RTT: 500000 us Max RTT: 0 us
5 minutes input rate 208 bits/sec, 26 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
5 minutes output rate 176 bits/sec, 22 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
277 frames input, 37232 bytes
277 Class F frames input, 37232 bytes
0 Class 2/3 frames input, 0 bytes
0 Reass frames
0 Error frames timestamp error 0
279 frames output, 34988 bytes
279 Class F frames output, 34988 bytes
0 Class 2/3 frames output, 0 bytes
0 Error frames

MDS9222i-A#

MDS9222i-B# sho int fcip P

fcipP is trunking
Hardware is GigabitEthernet
Port WWN is 20:14:00:05:9b:7d:01:40
Peer port WWN is 20:14:00:05:9b:7d:05:40
Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on
snmp link state traps are enabled
Port mode is TE
Port vsan is 1
Speed is 1 Gbps
Trunk vsans (admin allowed and active) (P1-P2)
Trunk vsans (up) (P1-P2)
Trunk vsans (isolated) ()
Trunk vsans (initializing) ()
Interface last changed at Fri Apr 13 13:44:25 2012

Using Profile id P (interface GigabitEthernet1/P)

Peer Information
Peer Internet address is 10.0.1P.1 and port is 3225
Write acceleration mode is configured off
Tape acceleration mode is configured off
Tape Accelerator flow control buffer size is automatic
FICON XRC Accelerator is configured off
Ficon Tape acceleration configured off for all vsans
IP Compression is disabled
Maximum number of TCP connections is 2
QOS control code point is 0
QOS data code point is 0
TCP Connection Information
2 Active TCP connections

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Control connection: Local 10.0.1P.2:65531, Remote 10.0.1P.1:3225

Data connection: Local 10.0.1P.2:65533, Remote 10.0.1P.1:3225
2 Attempts for active connections, 0 close of connections
TCP Parameters
Path MTU 1500 bytes
Current retransmission timeout is 200 ms
Round trip time: Smoothed 0 ms, Variance: 0 Jitter: 150 us
Advertized window: Current: 38 KB, Maximum: 24580 KB, Scale: 5
Peer receive window: Current: 2047 KB, Maximum: 2047 KB, Scale: 5
Congestion window: Current: 14 KB, Slow start threshold: 1950 KB
Current Send Buffer Size: 38 KB, Requested Send Buffer Size: 0 KB
CWM Burst Size: 50 KB
Measured RTT : 500000 us Min RTT: 148 us Max RTT: 0 us
5 minutes input rate 1272 bits/sec, 159 bytes/sec, 1 frames/sec
5 minutes output rate 1304 bits/sec, 163 bytes/sec, 1 frames/sec
414 frames input, 54944 bytes
414 Class F frames input, 54944 bytes
0 Class 2/3 frames input, 0 bytes
0 Reass frames
0 Error frames timestamp error 0
414 frames output, 57644 bytes
414 Class F frames output, 57644 bytes
0 Class 2/3 frames output, 0 bytes
0 Error frames

MDS9222i-B#

Caution If the TCP connection is established but the FCIP interfaces stay OFFLINE make sure the
DMM feature has been disabled on BITH MDS922i – the processor can only handle ONE
function.

MDS9222i(config)# NO ssm enable feature dmm module 1

Step 3 On both switches, display the name server database using the show fcns database
command for YOUR VSANs (Fabric A=P1, Fabric B=P2)
The output should be identical on both switches. Your display should resemble the
following. The output now will include both VSAN’s information as the FCIP trunk
has merged the VSANs.
MDS9222i-A# sho fcns database vsan P1

VSAN P1:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
FCID TYPE PWWN (VENDOR) FC4-TYPE:FEATURE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x0b0056 NL 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:c8:bd scsi-fcp:target
0x0b00b3 NL 22:00:00:1d:38:4f:07:a0 scsi-fcp:target
0xef0000 N 21:00:00:24:ff:3d:d5:a4 scsi-fcp:init

Total number of entries = 3

MDS9222i-A#
…

Step 4 Close the telnet session to the 9222i.

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Activity Verification
You have completed this task when you attain these results:
! FCIP tunnel parameters have been correctly configured, as verified in this task
! Your switch Port WWN displayed is the Peer port WWN displayed on the other switch, as
verified in this task
! The name server database displayed for both switches is identical, as verified in this task

You have saved your configuration

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Task 5: Implement Zoning

In this task, you will create device aliases, zones, and zonesets for devices that communicate on
the FCIP tunnel.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on both MDS switches.
Step 1 Log into the switch using the username admin and the password 1234Qwer.
Step 2 Display the current zoning configuration on each switch.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show zoneset vsan P1

Tip There should be no zoning configuration displayed.

Step 3 On the POD#-MDS9148-A , display the FCNS database for VSAN P1.

POD#-MDS9148-A# show fcns database vsan P1
Record the LOWER Disk PWWN in the database.
FCID PWWN

0x : : : : : : :

Step 4 On the POD#-MDS9148-A , display the FLOGI database for VSAN P1.

POD#-MDS9148-A# show flogi database vsan P1
Record the PWWN associated with fc1/1 in the database.
Interface PWWN

fc1/1 : : : : : : :

Step 5 On the POD#-MDS9148-B , display the FCNS database for VSAN P2.

POD#-MDS9148-B# show fcns database vsan P2
Record the HIGHER Disk PWWN in the database.
FCID PWWN

0x : : : : : : :

Step 6 On the POD#-MDS9148-B , display the FLOGI database for VSAN P2.

POD#-MDS9148-B# show flogi database vsan P2
Record the PWWN associated with fc1/1 in the database.
Interface PWWN

fc1/1 : : : : : : :

Step 7 In this procedure, you will first create device aliases for the host and storage ports on
your switches. You will then create zones and zonesets as follows:
! On the POD#-MDS9148-A , you will configure zones in VSAN P1
! On the POD#-MDS9148-B, you will configure zones in VSAN P2

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Note Complete the following steps on the specified switch to create device aliases.

Step 8 On POD#-MDS9148-A , configure device aliases for POD#-HOST1-P1 on fc 1/5

and for POD#-DISK1-P2 on the LOWER PWWN disk you recorded from the
FCNS and FLOGI databases.

Tip Cut and paste the pwwns for the disks and the hosts from the show fcns and show flogi
commands.

POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# device-alias database
POD#-MDS9148-A (config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name POD#-
pwwn>
HOST1-P1 pwwn <
POD#-MDS9148-A (config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name POD#-
pwwn>
DISK1-P2 pwwn <
POD#-MDS9148-A (config-device-alias-db)# exit
POD#-MDS9148-A (config)# device-alias commit
POD#-MDS9148-A (config)# end

Step 9 Verify your results.

POD#-MDS9148-A# show device-alias database
device-alias name POD#-DISK1-P2 pwwn 21:00:00:04:cf:70:4b:f7
device-alias name POD#-HOST1-P1 pwwn 10:00:00:06:2b:08:e5:30

Total number of entries = 2

Note You may see additional device aliases that were configured on the POD#-MDS9148-B
switch in the output of the show device-alias database command, depending on the order
in which the steps were completed. The above output shows device aliases configured on
POD#-MDS9148-A only.

Step 10 On the POD#-MDS9148-B , configure device aliases for the HOST2-P2 on fc1/5
and the HIGHER PWWN disk you recorded ( DISK2-P1 on fc1/6) from the FCNS
and FLOGI databases.

Tip Cut and paste the pwwns for the disks and the hosts from the show fcns and show flogi
commands.

POD#-MDS9148-B# config
POD#-MDS9148-B (config)# device-alias database
POD#-MDS9148-B (config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name POD#-
pwwn>
HOST2-P2 pwwn <
POD#-MDS9148-B (config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name POD#-
pwwn>
DISK2-P1 pwwn <
POD#-MDS9148-B (config-device-alias-db)# exit
POD#-MDS9148-B (config)# device-alias commit
POD#-MDS9148-B (config)# end

Step 11 Verify your results.

POD#-MDS9148-B# show device-alias database
device-alias name POD#-DISK1-P2 pwwn 21:00:00:04:cf:70:4b:f7

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device-alias name POD#-DISK2-P1 pwwn 22:00:00:04:cf:70:4a:3b

device-alias name POD#-HOST1-P1 pwwn 10:00:00:06:2b:08:e5:30
device-alias name POD#-HOST2-P2 pwwn 10:00:00:06:2b:08:e5:80

Total number of entries = 4

Note You may see additional device aliases that were configured on the other Pods in the output
of the show device-alias database command, depending on the order in which the steps
were completed. The above output shows device aliases configured on both POD#-
MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B switches in Pod1 only.

Complete the following steps on the specified switch to create zones and zonesets.
Step 12 On the POD#-MDS9148-A , configure the HOST1 zone in VSAN P1.
POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# zone name HOST1zone vsan P1

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-zone)# member device-alias POD#-HOST1-P1

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-zone)# member device-alias POD#-DISK1-P2

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-zone)# zoneset name SETP1 vsan P1

POD#-MDS9148-A(config-zoneset)# member HOST1zone
POD#-MDS9148-A(config-zone)# end

Step 13 Verify your results.

POD#-MDS9148-A# show zoneset vsan P1
zoneset name SETP1 vsan P1
zone name HOST1zone vsan P1
pwwn 10:00:00:06:2b:08:e5:30 [POD1-HOST1-P1]
pwwn 21:00:00:04:cf:70:4b:f7 [POD1-DISK1-P2]

Step 14 On the POD#-MDS9148-B , configure the HOST2 zone in VSAN P2.

POD#-MDS9148-B# config
POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# zone name HOST2zone vsan P2

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-zone)# member device-alias POD#-HOST2-P2

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-zone)# member device-alias POD#-DISK2-P1

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-zone)# zoneset name SETP2 vsan P2

POD#-MDS9148-B(config-zoneset)# member HOST2zone
POD#-MDS9148-B(config-zone)# end

Step 15 Verify your results.

POD#-MDS9148-B# show zoneset vsan P2
zoneset name SETP2 vsan P2
zone name HOST2zone vsan P2
pwwn 10:00:00:06:2b:08:e5:80 [POD#-HOST2-P2]
pwwn 22:00:00:04:cf:70:4a:3b [POD#-DISK2-P1]

Step 16 On the POD#-MDS9148-A , activate the zoneset:

POD#-MDS9148-A# config
POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# zoneset activate name SETP1 vsan P1

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POD#-MDS9148-A(config)# end
POD#-MDS9148-A# show zoneset active

Step 17 On the POD#-MDS9148-B , activate the zoneset:

POD#-MDS9148-B# config
(config)# zoneset activate name SETP2 vsan P2
POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# end

Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Verify the zonesets.
POD#-MDS9148-A# show zoneset active
zoneset name SETP1 vsan P1
zone name HOST1zone vsan P1
* fcid 0x0b0000 [pwwn 10:00:00:06:2b:08:e5:30] [POD#-HOST1-P1]
* fcid 0x0c009b [pwwn 21:00:00:04:cf:70:4b:f7] [POD#-DISK1-P2]

zoneset name SETP2 vsan P2

zone name HOST2zone vsan P2

* fcid 0x160000 [pwwn 10:00:00:06:2b:08:e5:80] [POD#-HOST2-P2]
* fcid 0x1500b3 [pwwn 22:00:00:04:cf:70:4a:3b] [POD#-DISK2-P1]

Note You should observe two active zonesets on each switch. The asterisks indicate visible
devices. Both switches should have identical active zonesets.

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Task 6: Create and Test a File System

In this task, you will create and test a disk partition on the remote storage device in order to
verify that the FCIP tunnel is operating correctly.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on both HOST1 and HOST2.
Step 1 From your Windows server desktop, click the “server manager” icon next to the
start menu.

Step 2 Under Storage, choose Disk Management to display the discovered disks.

Step 3 You may be asked to write a disk signature for recently discovered disks. Select all
the disks and continue. You should see Disk 0 and several more disks and the CD
ROM. The additional disks should be your JBOD storage devices.

Note If no additional disks appear, select the Action > Rescan Disks menu to force Windows to
re-scan the I/O bus; if that fails to produce a result, reboot the server or re-log in as
Administrator.

Step 4 To verify the second disk is one of your JBOD storage devices, right-click the Disk
area (not the partition field), and choose Properties .

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Step 5 The display should identify the Adapter Name. Click OK .

Step 6 Click OK to Close.

Step 7 If the Disk is offline bring the disk online by right-clicking “Online”

Step 8 Wait a few seconds until the partition is marked Healthy:

Step 9 Verify your results by completing the following steps on both servers:
1. From your Windows desktop, right-click the disk and choose Explore. You
should see the (E:) drive:
2. Drag and drop the DCNM installer or something else from the Windows
desktop to the new drive.

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Activity Verification
You have successfully completed this task when you attain this result:
! You were able to create a disk partition, format it, and copy files to the new file system on
each server

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Task 7: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 Connect to your fabrics (A or B) Pod#-MDS9148-X with device manager. (Make
sure BOTH Pod#-MDS9148-X are cleaned up!)
Step 2 Click the “”FCIP” entry in the IP menu.

Step 3 Select the “Tunnels” tab, select YOUR FCIP Tunnel and click “Delete”

Step 4 Select the “Profiles” tab, select YOUR Profile and click “Delete”

Step 5 Click “Close” to close the FCIP window.

Step 6 Right-click gigEthernet1/P and select “Configure”

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Step 7 Select “IP Addresses”, select your IP address and click ”Delete”.

Step 10 In “Physical Attributes “, click “End Devices”

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Step 11 In the workpane click on the “Device Alias” Column to sort by device alias.

Step 12 Select all device aliases beginning with your “Pod#” and use the delete key to delete
them. Do not forget to click Apply

Note The “enclosure names” are stored only in the DCNM database, so they can be ignored.

Step 13 In DCNM SAN in “Logical Domain”, right-click YOUR VSAN(s) and select
“delete VSAN” for ALL VSANs YOU created. (if your VSANs appear “segmented”
delete ALL segments individually)

Step 14 Confirm deletion of your VSAN

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Step 15 If DCNM SAN warns you about that VSAN being in use, also confirm there.

Step 16 Open the “Admin…” dialog from the Server entry in the menu bar

Step 17 Select the “Fabrics” tab.

Step 18 Select your current fabric and click “Remove” to remove the database.

Step 19 Confirm deletion

Step 20 Dismiss the status dialog.

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Step 21 Note there is NO fabric now. This will trigger discovery and allows us to start with a
clean database.

Step 22 Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by

clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin
Password: 1234QWer
Step 23 Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR
THE CORE 9222is!!! .
# write erase
The following message is displayed:
Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Type y to proceed.
Step 24 Reboot the 9148 switch.
# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?

Step 25 Type y to proceed.

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Lab 7-2: Configuring FCIP High Availability

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will configure a PortChannels to aggregate FCIP interfaces. After
completing this activity, you will be able to meet these objectives:

! Configure FCIP tunnels using the DCNM SAN FCIP Wizard

! Configure a FC PortChannel between two IPS modules using the DCNM SAN PortChannel
Wizard

Visual Objective
The figure illustrates what you will accomplish in this activity:

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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment required to complete this activity:
! Two MDS 9000 Series Fibre Channel switches either with IPS modules or integrated
Gigabit Ethernet ports.
! Two Windows servers, each with a Fibre Channel (FC) HBA.
! A JBOD with at least two disks

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Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity:

Command Description

write erase Deletes the existing startup-configuration.

reload Reboots the switch.

show running Displays the current running-configuration.

Copies the current running-configuration to the startup-
copy run start
configuration.

show fcns database Displays a list of all the ports that are logged in to the
[ vsan vsan-id
] FCNS.

Displays the status of and statistics for interface fc

show interface fc slot/port
slot/port.

show interface Displays the status of and statistics for interface

gigabitethernet slot/port gigabitethernet slot or port.
feature fcip Enables FCIP on that switch.
Creates a profile for the FCIP connection; the valid range
fcip profile [value]
is from 1 to 255.
interface fcip [value] Creates an FCIP interface.

no shutdown Enables an interface.

show interface fcip Displays the status of and statistics for FCIP interface

interface-number interface-number.

show fcip profile Displays the FCIP profile configuration.

show wwn switch Displays the local switch fabric world wide name (WWN).

Lists all the FLOGI sessions through all interfaces across

show flogi database
all VSANs.

interface port-channel
Enters interface configuration sub-mode for PortChannel.
[value]
no int port-channel [value] Deletes the specified port-channel.

Add the current interface to PortChannel x; force options

channel-group [value] [force] forces a new member to inherit the port-channel interface
properties.

show port-channel database Display the PortChannel database.

Displays the running-configuration for the indicated

show run interface fc x
y
/
interface(s).

show int brief Displays status for all interfaces with less detail.

show int port-channel [value] Displays the status for PortChannel.

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If you are working in teams within a pod, one student will configure Fabric A / MDS9148-
A/MDS9222i-A and the other student will configure Fabric B / MDS9148-B/MDS9222i-B. If
you are working alone, you will need to configure both switches/fabrics!

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Step 2 After the switch reboots, it will automatically launch the setup process. Answer the
questions according to the following example, replacing your pod number and

switch ID where appropriate.

---- System Admin Account Setup ----

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

--- Basic System Configuration Dialog ---

This setup utility will guide you through the basic configuration of
the system. Setup configures only enough connectivity for management
of the system.
Please register Cisco MDS 9000 Family devices promptly with your
supplier. Failure to register may affect response times for initial
service calls. MDS devices must be registered to receive entitled
support services.
Press Enter at anytime to skip a dialog. Use ctrl-c at anytime to skip
the remaining dialogs.
Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): y
Create another login account (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-only SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-write SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Enter the switch name: Pod#-MDS9148-Y (where # is your pod number and Y is the
switch ID; for example: Pod1-MDS9148-A )
Continue with Out-of-band (mgmt0) management configuration? (yes/no)
[y]: <Enter>
Mgmt0 IPv4 address : <10.0.1.PN >
(where P is your Pod# and N is 1 for MDS9148-A and 2 for MDS9148-B)
Mgmt0 IPv4 netmask : 255.255.255.0

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

The following configuration will be applied:

password strength-check
switchname POD1-MDS9148-A
interface mgmt0
ip address 10.0.1.PN 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
no feature ssh
feature telnet
feature http-server
system default switchport shutdown
system default switchport trunk mode on
no system default zone default-zone permit
no system default zone distribute full
no system default zone mode enhanced

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

Step 5 You will now use Device Manager to enable the links between the switches you are
managing. Launch Device Manager.

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Step 6 Connect to your 9148, enter the password 1234QWer , then click Open.

Step 7 Note all ports are (shut)down.

Step 8 Enable interfaces FC1/1 on the 9148s as an F port and

FC1/11 and FC1/12 as an E port. Since all ports are autosensing by default,
enabling them is enough.

Note The 9222i has been preconfigured.

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Step 9 Launch DCNM SAN, enter the password password , click Login.

Step 10 Click Discover . Enter the IP address of YOUR 9148, username admin password
1234QWer, click Discover .

Step 11 Select the fabric you have just discovered and click Open.

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Step 12 In the DCNM SAN toolbar, click the Create VSAN icon.

Step 13 Enter the VSAN ID to be created.

ONLY YOUR PODX-MDS9148-A and BOTH MDS9222i: enter VSAN ID P1

ONLY YOUR PODX-MDS9148-B and BOTH MDS9222i: enter VSAN ID P2

Step 14 Click Create.

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Step 15 In the Physical Attributes pane, select the Switches > Interfaces > FC Physical
placeholder.

Step 16 If you are configuring Fabric A assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-A and

MDS9222i-B
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-A: VSAN P1 members = fc1/1
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-B FOR YOUR POD ONLY :

Pod number 9222i-B VSAN

Port
1 fc1/4 11
2 fc1/8 21

3 fc1/12 31
4 fc1/16 41
DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i
Step 17 If you are configuring Fabric B assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-A and
MDS9222i-A
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-B: VSAN P2 members = fc1/1
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-A FOR YOUR POD ONLY :
Pod number 9222i-A VSAN
Port

1 fc1/4 12
2 fc1/8 22

3 fc1/12 32
4 fc1/16 42

DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i

Step 16 Do not forget to Click the Apply Changes button.

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Step 17 From the CLI, verify the interface VSAN membership.

POD1-MDS9148-A# show vsan membership
vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/2 fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5
fc1/6 fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9
…
vsan 11 interfaces:
fc1/1

PODX-MDS9148-B# show vsan membership

vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/2 fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5
fc1/6 fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9
…
vsan 12 interfaces:
fc1/1

Step 18 Select All VSANs in the Logical Domains pane.

Step 19 Verify that the operational state of VSAN P1 and VSAN P2 shows the operational
state up. The Segmentation is normal and will disappear as soon as we bring up the
FCIP tunnel.

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Task 2: Configure a FCIP Tunnel

In this task, you will use the DCNM SAN FCIP Wizard to configure FCIP tunnel. Since the
wizard configures bith ends of the tunnel, both Fabric teams will have to work together in this
exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps. In this activity, Fabric Team A and B will need to work together.
Step 1 Open DCNM SAN from the Windows desktop.
Step 2 Select File, Rediscover to discover all switches in the fabric.
Step 3 In the DCNM SAN window, select the FCIP Tunnel icon to open the FCIP Wizard.

Tip Alternatively, select Tools > IP SAN > FCIP Tunnel to open the FCIP Wizard.

Note It is not necessary to enable the FCIP feature prior to launching the FCIP Wizard. The
wizard would enable FCIP.

Step 4 In the FCIP Wizard 1 of 5: Select Switch Pair dialog box, configure the following
settings:
! In the Between Switch field, choose MDS9222i-A .
! In the and Switch field, choose MDS9222i-B .

Step 5 Click Next to continue.

Step 6 In the 2 of 5: Select Ethernet Ports dialog box, choose the appropriate Ethernet ports
Select gigE1/P in both lists (P is your Pod#)
Step 7 Ensure that the Use Large MTU Size (Jumbo Frames) check box is not selected.

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Step 8 Click Next to continue.

Step 9 In the 3 of 5: Specify IP Address/Route dialog box enter the appropriate IP
addresses and masks.

MDS9222i-A MDS9222i-B

Pod 1 gigE1/1 10.0.11.1/24 10.0.11.2/24

Pod 2 gigE1/2 10.0.12.1/24 10.0.12.2/24

Pod 3 gigE1/3 10.0.13.1/24 10.0.13.2/24

Pod 4 gigE1/4 10.0.14.1/24 10.0.14.2/24

Step 10 Click Next.

Step 11 In the 4 of 5: Specify Tunnel Properties dialog box, leave all parameters with the
default values and click Next.

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Step 12 In the 5 of 5: Create FCIP ISL dialog box, configure the following settings:

! In the Trunk Mode field, click the trunk radio button to enable trunk mode on
(TE_Port).
! Set the VSAN list to P1-P2

Step 13 Click the “…” Button next to the upper line with “MDS9222i-A”

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Step 14 Change the Profile ID and the Tunnel ID to match your Pod#

Step 15 Click OK.

Step 16 Repeat these steps for MDS9222i-B
Step 17 Double-Check if BOTH profiles and BOTH FCIP interface numbers match your
Pod# and you are using the correct interfaces 1/P

Step 18 Click Finish.

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 In DCNM SAN click “rediscover”. Note the segmentation has disappeared / will
disappear.

Step 2 Select one of your VSANs in “Logical Domains”.

Step 3 Use the fabric View buttons to hide NON-VSAN members, SHOW end devices and
EXPAND multiple Links.

Step 4 Hover the mouse over the dashed link between MDS9222i-A and MDS9222i-B

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Task 3: Create an FCIP PortChannel

In this task, you will create a PortChannel that containing our (only) FCIP tunnel. In a real-
world scenario you would create multiple FCIP tunnels and use the wizard to build a
portchannel.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps
Step 1 In DCNM SAN select one of your VSANs in “Logical Domains”.
Step 2 Use the fabric View buttons to hide NON-VSAN members, SHOW end devices and
EXPAND multiple Links.

Step 3 Hover the mouse over the dashed link between MDS9222i-A and MDS9222i-B

Step 4 Right-click the FCIP link and select “Create Port Channel”

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Note Do NOT use the Port Channel Wizard. It will only suggest channels if at least two members
are available. (that actually makes sense, but our lab uses just one link)

Step 5 In the 2 of 3: Select ISLs dialog box, verify the FCIP interface pair is in the Selected
pane.

Step 6 Click Next to continue.

Step 7 In the 3 of 3: Create Port Channel dialog box, configure the following settings.
! Make sure the Channel ID on BOTH Switches matches your Pod#
! In the Trunk Mode field click the trunk radio button to enable trunk mode on
(TE_Port).
! In the VSAN List field, enter YOUR VSAN RANGE ( P1-P2).
! Leave the other parameters in this dialog box at their default values.

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Step 8 Click Finish.

Step 9 A FC Port Channel Wizard warning dialog box appears, requesting confirmation to
continue. Click Yes to create the PortChannel.

Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 In the DCNM SAN topology display, verify the PortChannel by holding your cursor
over the dashed line. The call-out window will display the PortChannel
identification, member ports and VSANs trunked across the PortChannel.

Note you can also use the CLI to further check the Port-Channel configuration and Status.

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Task 4: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Step 3 Select the Port-Channel with your Pod# and click “Delete”

Step 4 Click Close.

Step 5 Click the “”FCIP” entry in the IP menu.

Step 6 Select the “Tunnels” tab, select YOUR FCIP Tunnel and click “Delete”

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Step 7 Select the “Profiles” tab, select YOUR Profile and click “Delete”

Step 8 Click “Close” to close the FCIP window.

Step 9 Right-click gigEthernet1/P and select “Configure”

Step 10 Select “IP Addresses”, select your IP address and click ”Delete”.

Step 11 Click Close to close the IPAddress window, click close to close the gigE
configuration window and close Device Manager (don’t save the config)
Step 12 In DCNM SAN in “Logical Domain”, right-click YOUR VSAN(s) and select
“delete VSAN” for ALL VSANs YOU created. (if your VSANs appear “segmented”
delete ALL segments individually)

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Step 13 Confirm deletion of your VSAN

Step 14 If DCNM SAN warns you about that VSAN being in use, also confirm there.

Step 15 Open the “Admin…” dialog from the Server entry in the menu bar

Step 16 Select the “Fabrics” tab.

Step 17 Select your current fabric and click “Remove” to remove the database.

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Step 18 Confirm deletion

Step 19 Dismiss the status dialog.

Step 20 Note there is NO fabric now. This will trigger discovery and allows us to start with a
clean database.

Step 21 Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by

clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin
Password: 1234QWer

Step 22 Clear the current startup configuration ON YOUR 9148s ONLY, DO NOT CLEAR
THE CORE 9222is!!! .
# write erase
The following message is displayed:
Warning: This command will erase the startup-configuration.
Do you wish to proceed anyway? [y/n] [N]
Step 23 Type y to proceed.
Step 24 Reboot the 9148 switch.

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# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Step 25 Type y to proceed.

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Lab 7-3: Implementing IVR for SAN Extension

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will implement IVR with a transit VSAN to increase the reliability of the
FCIP configuration. After completing this activity, you will be able to meet these objectives:

! Configure VSANs to isolate both sides of the WAN link

! Configure IVR

Visual Objective
The figures illustrate what you will accomplish in this activity:

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Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity.

Command Description

write erase Deletes the existing startup-configuration.

reload Reboots the switch.

show running Displays the current running-configuration.

Copies the current running-configuration to the startup-
copy run start
configuration.

show fcns database Displays a list of all the ports that are logged in to the
[ vsan vsan-id
] FCNS.

Displays the status of and statistics for interface fc

show interface fc slot/port
slot/port.

show interface Displays the status of and statistics for interface

gigabitethernet slot/port gigabitethernet slot or port.
feature fcip Enables FCIP on that switch.
Creates a profile for the FCIP connection; the
fcip profile [value]
valid range is from 1 to 255.
interface fcip [value] Creates an FCIP interface.

no shutdown Enables an interface.

show interface fcip Displays the status of and statistics for FCIP interface

interface-number interface-number.

show fcip profile Displays the FCIP profile configuration.

clear ivr session Frees the IVR session lock.

Discards the pending configuration changes and frees up

ivr abort
the session lock.

ivr commit Commits a pending configuration change.

show fcns database Displays the name server entries for all VSANs.

show fcns datab vsan vsan-id

Displays the name server entries for the specified VSAN.

show ivr Displays IVR configuration information.

Displays the status of the IVR session.
show ivr session status

show ivr zoneset active Displays all active IVR zonesets.

show ivr vsan-topology Displays the current IVR topology.

show ivr internal vsan-

Displays IVR fcid rewrite entries.
rewrite-list

show port-channel database Displays PortChannel database information.

vsan database Enters VSAN database configuration mode.

switchport trunk mode [on |

Enables / disables trunking on an ISL interface.
off]

show interface trunk vsan Displays the trunking status of all VSANs.

feature ivr Enables IVR on the switch.

ivr distribute Enables CFS distribution of IVR configurations.

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Command Description

ivr nat Enables IVR NAT on the switch.

ivr zone name name Creates an IVR zone.

ivr zoneset name name Creates an IVR zone set.

ivr zoneset activate name

Forcefully activates the specified IVR zone set.
name force

show ivr internal fcid- Displays IVR NAT translation rewrite table entries.
rewrite-list

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Step 2 After the switch reboots, it will automatically launch the setup process. Answer the
questions according to the following example, replacing your pod number and

switch ID where appropriate.

---- System Admin Account Setup ----

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

--- Basic System Configuration Dialog ---

This setup utility will guide you through the basic configuration of
the system. Setup configures only enough connectivity for management
of the system.
Please register Cisco MDS 9000 Family devices promptly with your
supplier. Failure to register may affect response times for initial
service calls. MDS devices must be registered to receive entitled
support services.
Press Enter at anytime to skip a dialog. Use ctrl-c at anytime to skip
the remaining dialogs.
Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): y
Create another login account (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-only SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-write SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Enter the switch name: Pod#-MDS9148-Y (where # is your pod number and Y is the
switch ID; for example: Pod1-MDS9148-A )
Continue with Out-of-band (mgmt0) management configuration? (yes/no)
[y]: <Enter>
Mgmt0 IPv4 address : <10.0.1.PN >
(where P is your Pod# and N is 1 for MDS9148-A and 2 for MDS9148-B)
Mgmt0 IPv4 netmask : 255.255.255.0

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

The following configuration will be applied:

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

Step 5 You will now use Device Manager to enable the links between the switches you are
managing. Launch Device Manager.

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Step 6 Connect to your 9148, enter the password 1234QWer , then click Open.

Step 7 Note all ports are (shut)down.

Step 8 Enable interfaces FC1/1 on the 9148s as an F port and

FC1/11 and FC1/12 as an E port. Since all ports are autosensing by default,
enabling them is enough.

Note The 9222i has been preconfigured.

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Step 9 Launch DCNM SAN, enter the password password , click Login.

Step 10 Click Discover . Enter the IP address of YOUR 9148, username admin password
1234QWer, click Discover .

Step 11 Select the fabric you have just discovered and click Open.

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Step 12 In the DCNM SAN toolbar, click the Create VSAN icon.

Step 13 Create all necessary VSANs.

PODX-MDS9148-A and MDS9222i-A: enter VSAN ID P1

PODX-MDS9148-B and MDS9222i-B: enter VSAN ID P2
MDS9222i-A ONLY: VSAN ID P3
MDS9222i-B ONLY: VSAN ID P4
MDS9222i-A AND MDS9222i-B: VSAN ID P0 (will show up segmented)

Step 14 Click Create.

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Step 15 In the Physical Attributes pane, select the Switches > Interfaces > FC Physical
placeholder.

Step 18 If you are configuring Fabric A assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-A and

MDS9222i-B
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-A: VSAN P1 members = fc1/1
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-B FOR YOUR POD ONLY :

Pod number 9222i-B VSAN

Port
1 fc1/4 14
2 fc1/8 24

3 fc1/12 34
4 fc1/16 44
DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i
Step 19 If you are configuring Fabric B assign ports to VSANs on POD#-MDS9148-A and
MDS9222i-A
Assign VSAN interface membership in the Port VSAN column:
! POD#-MDS9148-B: VSAN P2 members = fc1/1
! JBOD Disks on 9222i-A FOR YOUR POD ONLY :
Pod number 9222i-A VSAN
Port

1 fc1/4 13
2 fc1/8 23

3 fc1/12 33
4 fc1/16 43

DO NOT ENABLE/CHANGE ANY OTHER PORT on the 9222i

Step 16 Do not forget to Click the Apply Changes button.

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Step 17 From the CLI, verify the interface VSAN membership.

POD1-MDS9148-A# show vsan membership
vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/2 fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5
fc1/6 fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9
…
vsan 11 interfaces:
fc1/1

PODX-MDS9148-B# show vsan membership

vsan 1 interfaces:
fc1/2 fc1/3 fc1/4 fc1/5
fc1/6 fc1/7 fc1/8 fc1/9
…
vsan 12 interfaces:
fc1/1

Step 18 Select All VSANs in the Logical Domains pane.

Step 19 Verify that the operational state of VSAN P1 to P4 shows the operational state up.
P0 will show up segmented and down, that is OK for now.

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Task 2: Create an FCIP Tunnels and Aggregate the FCIP Link

into a PortChannel

Tip Alternatively, select Tools > IP SAN > FCIP Tunnel to open the FCIP Wizard.

Note It is not necessary to enable the FCIP feature prior to launching the FCIP Wizard. The
wizard would enable FCIP.

Step 4 In the FCIP Wizard 1 of 5: Select Switch Pair dialog box, configure the following
settings:
! In the Between Switch field, choose MDS9222i-A.

! In the and Switch field, choose MDS9222i-B .

Step 5 Click Next to continue.

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Step 8 Click Next to continue.

Step 9 In the 3 of 5: Specify IP Address/Route dialog box enter the appropriate IP
addresses and masks.

MDS9222i-A MDS9222i-B

Pod 1 gigE1/1 10.0.11.1/24 10.0.11.2/24

Pod 2 gigE1/2 10.0.12.1/24 10.0.12.2/24

Pod 3 gigE1/3 10.0.13.1/24 10.0.13.2/24

Pod 4 gigE1/4 10.0.14.1/24 10.0.14.2/24

Step 10 Click Next.

Step 11 In the 4 of 5: Specify Tunnel Properties dialog box, leave all parameters with the
default values and click Next.

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Step 12 In the 5 of 5: Create FCIP ISL dialog box, configure the following settings:

! In the Trunk Mode field, click the nontrunk radio button to DISable trunk mode
on (E_Port).
! Set the Port VSAN to P0

Step 13 Click the “…” Button next to the upper line with “MDS9222i-A”

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Step 14 Change the Profile ID and the Tunnel ID to match your Pod#

Step 15 Click OK.

Step 16 Repeat these steps for MDS9222i-B
Step 17 Double-Check if BOTH profiles and BOTH FCIP interface numbers match your
Pod# and you are using the correct interfaces 1/P and P0 is used as the NONtrunked
Port VSAN

Step 18 Click Finish .

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Step 19 In DCNM SAN click “rediscover”. Note the segmentation has disappeared / will
disappear.

Step 20 Select your VSAN P0 in “Logical Domains”.

Step 21 Use the fabric View buttons to hide NON-VSAN members, SHOW end devices and
EXPAND multiple Links.

Step 22 Hover the mouse over the dashed link between MDS9222i-A and MDS9222i-B,
double check, VSAN ID, port and interface numbers.

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Step 23 Right-click the FCIP link and select “Create Port Channel”

Note Do NOT use the Port Channel Wizard. It will only suggest channels if at least two members
are available. (that actually makes sense, but our lab uses just one link)

Step 24 In the 2 of 3: Select ISLs dialog box, verify the FCIP interface pair is in the Selected

pane.

Step 25 Click Next to continue.

Step 26 In the 3 of 3: Create Port Channel dialog box, configure the following settings.
! Make sure the Channel ID on BOTH Switches matches your Pod#
! In the Trunk Mode field verify the NONtrunk radio button to enable trunk
mode on (TE_Port).
! In the Port VSAN List field, accept YOUR VSAN P0.
! Leave the other parameters in this dialog box at their default values.

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Step 27 Click Finish.

Step 28 A FC Port Channel Wizard warning dialog box appears, requesting confirmation to
continue. Click Yes to create the PortChannel.

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Task 3: Configure IVR

In this task, the IVR topology will be configured to use IVR Network Address Translation
(NAT) and auto-topology. NAT will be enabled to allow non-unique Domain IDs across all
VSANs and switches involved in the IVR topology. Using IVR Zone Wizard in DCNM SAN,
both teams will create an IVR Zoneset that connects the server on the switch to storage on the
other switch across the transit VSAN P0.

Note IVR NAT is required when unique domain IDs are not configured across all VSANs and
switches participating in IVR operations.

Activity Procedure
In this activity, the both of you will work as a team and create an IVR Zoneset that connects the
JBOD in VSAN P4 on the MDS9222i-B switch, with HOST1 in VSAN P1 on the POD#-
MDS9148-B switch over transit VSAN P0 and a zone connecting the JBOD in VSAN P4 on
MDS9222i-B with HOST1 in VSAN P1. Complete the following steps.

Step 1 Create the first IVR Zone in DCNM SAN. In DCNM SAN, click the IVR Zone
Wizard icon on the tool bar to open the wizard.

Step 2 Click Yes to enable IVR NAT mode for your IVR SAN fabric.

Step 3 In the IVR Zone Wizard 1 of 6: Select Fabric dialog box, select your fabric, then
click Next.

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Step 4 In the IVR Zone Wizard 2 of 6: Select VSANs dialog, move VSAN P1, P0 and P3
from the Available pane to the Selected pane. (Move them individually or hold
down the CTRL key, select VSANs P0, P1 and P3, and click the right-arrow
button. The selected VSANs will move to the Selected pane.)

Step 5 Click Next to continue.

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Step 6 In the 3 of 6: Select End Devices dialog box, choose the initiator device from VSAN
P1 and THE LOWER PWWN JBOD disk from VSAN P4 from the table in the
Available pane, and click Add to move them to the Selected pane.

Step 7 Click Next.

Step 8 In the 4 of 6: Select IVR NAT Switches dialog box, choose the checkbox to enable
IVR NAT, Cisco Fabric Distribution for IVR, and IVR topology in auto mode.
Select ONLY the 9222i switches.

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Note In this configuration step, IVR will be enabled in all border switches participating in IVR. CFS
for IVR will be activated in all switches in the fabric. IVR NAT will be enabled in all border
switches, and IVR topology will be enabled in auto mode. Auto mode automatically
distributes the IVR topology to IVR-enabled switches using CFS to minimize administrator
configuration effort and disruption in case of IVR topology configuration change.

Step 9 Click Next.

Step 10 In the 5 of 6: Select Zone dialog box, choose the default IVR Zone and IVR Zoneset
name.

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Step 11 In the 6 of 6: Review Actions dialog box, click Finish .

Step 12 In the Save Configuration dialog box, DISABLE BOTH Configuration backups,
then click Continue Activation to confirm IVR zone distribution and save the
running configuration.

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Step 13 In the 6 of 6: Review Actions dialog box, observe the IVR creation progress. Wait
for the Success notice at the bottom of the screen and then click Close.

Caution Do not proceed until Steps 1-13 have been completed on the POD#-MDS9148-A switch.

Step 14 .In DCNM SAN, click the IVR Zone Wizard icon on the tool bar again to reopen
the wizard.

Step 15 Click Yes to enable IVR NAT mode for your IVR SAN fabric.

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Step 16 In the IVR Zone Wizard 1 of 6: Select Fabric dialog box, select your fabric, then
click Next.

Step 17 In the IVR Zone Wizard 2 of 6: Select VSANs dialog, move VSAN P2, P0 and P4
from the Available pane to the Selected pane. (Move them individually or hold
down the CTRL key, select VSANs P2, P0 and P4, and click the right-arrow
button. The selected VSANs will move to the Selected pane.)

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Step 18 Click Next to continue.

Step 19 In the 3 of 6: Select End Devices dialog box, choose the initiator device from VSAN
P1 and THE HIGHER PWWN JBOD disk from VSAN P4 from the table in the
Available pane, and click Add to move them to the Selected pane.

Step 20 Click Next.

Step 21 In the 4 of 6: Select IVR NAT Switches dialog box, choose the checkbox to enable
IVR NAT, Cisco Fabric Distribution for IVR, and IVR topology in auto mode.
Select ONLY the 9222i switches.

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Step 22 Click Next.

Step 23 In the 5 of 6: Select Zone dialog box, choose the default IVR Zone and IVR Zoneset
name.

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Step 24 In the 6 of 6: Review Actions dialog box, click Finish .

Step 25 In the Save Configuration dialog box, DISABLE BOTH Configuration backups,
then click Continue Activation to confirm IVR zone distribution and save the
running configuration.

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Step 26 In the 6 of 6: Review Actions dialog box, observe the IVR creation progress. Wait
for the Success notice at the bottom of the screen and then click Close.

Step 27 Open Server Manager and verify on both servers that the disks are available.
Step 28 Move another large file to the Disk. You will notice it takes longer because the Disk
is now “remote”. (GigE can still support almost 100MB/sec)

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Task 4: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 Connect to your fabrics (A or B) MDS9222i with device manager. (Make sure
BOTH MDS9222i are cleaned up!)
Step 2 Click the “Port Channels” in the Interfaces menu.

Step 3 Select the Port-Channel with your Pod# and click “Delete”

Step 4 Click Close.

Step 5 Click the “”FCIP” entry in the IP menu.

Step 6 Select the “Tunnels” tab, select YOUR FCIP Tunnel and click “Delete”

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Step 7 Select the “Profiles” tab, select YOUR Profile and click “Delete”

Step 8 Click “Close” to close the FCIP window.

Step 9 Right-click gigEthernet1/P and select “Configure”

Step 10 Select “IP Addresses”, select your IP address and click ”Delete”.

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Step 13 Confirm deletion of your VSAN

Step 14 If DCNM SAN warns you about that VSAN being in use, also confirm there.

Step 15 Open the “Admin…” dialog from the Server entry in the menu bar

Step 16 Select the “Fabrics” tab.

Step 17 Select your current fabric and click “Remove” to remove the database.

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Step 18 Confirm deletion

Step 19 Dismiss the status dialog.

Step 20 Note there is NO fabric now. This will trigger discovery and allows us to start with a
clean database.

Step 21 Open a console session to your assigned switch (MDS9148-A or MDS9148-B) by

clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.
Switch login: admin
Password: 1234QWer

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# reload

This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?
Type y to proceed.

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Lab 7-4: Tuning FCIP Performance

Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will generate test workloads on the SAN, observe the resulting performance
metrics, and tune TCP parameters to improve performance based on the observed metrics. After
completing this activity, you will be able to meet these objectives:
! Generate workloads with the SAN Extension Tuner and document performance
measurements

Caution SAN extension tuner is a very useful tool but it sends REAL DATA over your network! We
are simulating initiator and target but the data send is real and can have a significant impact
on other traffic sharing the same network infrastructure.

! Tune TCP parameters and observe changes to performance measurements

Visual Objective
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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment required to complete this activity:
! Two MDS 9000 Series Fibre Channel switches either with IPS modules or integrated
Gigabit Ethernet ports

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Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity:

Command Description

feature san-ext-tuner Enables the SAN Extension Tuner feature.

[no] feature fcip Enables or disables the FCIP feature.

show flogi database Displays all connected device on this switch.

show fcns database Displays the name server entries.

feature iscsi Enables the iSCSI feature.

show interface Displays interface configuration information.

show fcip profile Displays all current FCIP profiles.

Creates a virtual node WWN using

nWWN 1:00:00:00:00:00:00:00
1:00:00:00:00:00:00:00.

nport pWWN
1:00:00:00:00:00:00:01 vsan Creates a virtual port WWN using 1:00:00:00:00:00:00:01.
interf gig slot/
vsan-id port

copy run bootflash:<file>

Creates a file on bootflash:.

data-pattern bootflash:<file>
Specifies a data pattern file for SAN Extension Tuner.

write command-id id

target
pwwn transfer-size 1024000 Generates a write command for SAN Extension Tuner.
outstanding-ios 2 continuous

show san-ext-tuner interface

gig slot/ port nport pwwn Displays the counters for the SAN Extension Tuner gigE
1:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 vsan vsan-id port.
counters

stop command id

Stops the specified command ID in SAN Extension Tuner.

write erase Deletes the existing startup-configuration.

reload Reboots the switch.

show running Displays the current running-configuration.

copy run start Copies the current running-configuration to the startup-

configuration.

show fcns database Displays a list of all the ports that are logged in to the
[ vsan vsan-id
] FCNS.

show interface fc slot/port Displays the status of and statistics for interface fc
slot/port.

show interface Displays the status of and statistics for interface

gigabitethernet slot/port gigabitethernet slot or port.
fcip profile [value] Creates a profile for the FCIP connection; the
valid range is from 1 to 255.
tcp max-bandwidth-mbps
[value] min-available- Configures the TCP parameters minimum / maximum
bandwidth-mbps [value] round- bandwidth and Round Trip Time for an FCIP profile.
trip-time-us [value]
interface fcip [value] Creates an FCIP interface.

no shutdown Enables an interface.

show interface fcip Displays the status of and statistics for FCIP interface

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Command Description

interface-number interface-number.

feature ssh Enable the SSH feature

feature cluster Enable the Cluster feature

feature ioa Enable the IOA feature

ioa site-local <name>

Associate the switch with a site name for IOA

interface ioa x/y

Enable the IOA interface on the switch
no shut

ioa cluster <name>

Create the IOA cluster
node local Associate the local switch with the cluster
interface ioa x/y
Associate the local switch IOA interface with the cluster
node <remote IP/name>
Associate the remote switch with the cluster
interface ioa x/y
Associate the remote switch IOA interface with the cluster

show ioa cluster <name>

node View the IOA node summary information for the cluster
summary

show interface ioa <x/y>

Verify the IOA interface is up

show ioa cluster <name>

View the IOA cluster interface summary information
interface summary

show ioa cluster <name>

View the detailed IOA cluster interface information
interface

nport pwwn <pwwn>

site <site- Add the pwwn of the host and target to the cluster
id>
vsan <vsan-id>

show ioa cluster <name>

View the IOA cluster nport configuration
nports

flowgroup <name>
Create a flow group
host <pwwn>
target Add the host and target eligible for write acceleration
<pwwn>

show ioa cluster <name>

flows View the flow information for the IOA cluster

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you will use the CLI to complete the initial switch configuration process.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on both MDS switches.
Step 1 Launch DCNM SAN, enter the password password, click Login.

Step 2 Click Discover . Enter the IP address of YOUR 9148, username admin password
1234QWer, click Discover .

Step 3 Select the fabric you have just discovered and click Open.

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Step 4 In the DCNM SAN toolbar, click the Create VSAN icon.

Step 5 Enter the VSAN ID to be created.

VSAN ID P0 on MDS9222i-A and MDS9222i-B
PODX-MDS9148-B and PODX-MDS9148-B are not used in this lab

Step 6 Click Create.

Step 7 Select your VSAN P0 in the Logical Domains pane.

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Step 8 Verify that the operational state of VSAN P0 shows the operational state up. (and 2
segments, but that is ok for now.)

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Task 2: Conf igure the FCIP Tunnel and Tune Down TCP

Parameters
In this task, the team on POD#-MDS9148-A will use the DCNM SAN FCIP Wizard to
configure an FCIP tunnel. If you are Team B please join your collegues and watch.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps. In this activity, Team 1 on POD#-MDS9148-A will complete
the steps in sequence.
Step 1 Open DCNM SAN from the Windows desktop.
Step 2 Select File, Rediscover to discover all switches in the fabric.
Step 3 In the DCNM SAN window, select the FCIP Tunnel icon to open the FCIP Wizard.

Tip Alternatively, select Tools > IP SAN > FCIP Tunnel to open the FCIP Wizard.

Note It is not necessary to enable the FCIP feature prior to launching the FCIP Wizard. The
wizard would enable FCIP.

Step 4 In the FCIP Wizard 1 of 5: Select Switch Pair dialog box, configure the following
settings:
! In the Between Switch field, choose MDS9222i-A .
! In the and Switch field, choose MDS9222i-B .

Step 5 Click Next to continue.

Step 6 In the 2 of 5: Select Ethernet Ports dialog box, choose the appropriate Ethernet ports

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Select gigE1/P in both lists (P is your Pod#)

Step 7 Ensure that the Use Large MTU Size (Jumbo Frames) check box is not selected.

Step 8 Click Next to continue.

Step 9 In the 3 of 5: Specify IP Address/Route dialog box enter the appropriate IP
addresses and masks.

MDS9222i-A MDS9222i-B

Pod 1 gigE1/1 10.0.11.1/24 10.0.11.2/24

Pod 2 gigE1/2 10.0.12.1/24 10.0.12.2/24

Pod 3 gigE1/3 10.0.13.1/24 10.0.13.2/24

Pod 4 gigE1/4 10.0.14.1/24 10.0.14.2/24

Step 10 Click Next.

Step 11 In the 4 of 5: Specify Tunnel Properties dialog box, enter the following TCP
parameters to tune down the FCIP tunnel for testing:

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! Max Bandwidth 100 Mb

! Min Bandwidth 5 Mb
! Estimated RTT 200000 us

Step 12 Click Next.

Step 13 In the 5 of 5: Create FCIP ISL dialog box, configure the following settings:
! In the Trunk Mode field, click the nontrunk radio button to DISable trunk mode
on (E_Port).
! Set the Port VSAN to P0

Step 14 Click the “…” Button next to the upper line with “MDS9222i-A”

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Step 15 Change the Profile ID and the Tunnel ID to match your Pod#

Step 16 Click OK.

Step 17 Repeat these steps for MDS9222i-B
Step 18 Double-Check if BOTH profiles and BOTH FCIP interface numbers match your
Pod# and you are using the correct interfaces 1/P and P0 is used as the NONtrunked
Port VSAN

Step 19 Click Finish.

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Step 20 In DCNM SAN click “rediscover”. Note the segmentation has disappeared / will
disappear.

Step 21 Select your VSAN P0 in “Logical Domains”.

Step 22 Use the fabric View buttons to hide NON-VSAN members, SHOW end devices and
EXPAND multiple Links.

Step 23 Hover the mouse over the dashed link between MDS9222i-A and MDS9222i-B,
double check, VSAN ID, port and interface numbers.

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Task 3: Document Performance Measurements

In this task, you will generate workloads with the SAN Extension Tuner and document
performance measurements.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on POD#-MDS9148-B .
Step 1 From a Windows desktop, launch DCNM SAN and log in with the username admin
and the password 1234QWer.
Step 2 From the DCNM SAN topology pane, double-click MDS9222i-B to launch Device
Manager.
Step 3 From Device Manager select Interface > Monitor > FCIP .

Step 4 From the FCIP Monitor interface, change the interval to 2s and the value to
LastValue/sec .

Step 5 Leave the FCIP Monitor window open.

Step 6 From the DCNM SAN topology pane, right-click the FCIP tunnel between POD#-
MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-B and select SAN Extension Tuner to launch
the SAN Extension Tuner wizard.

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Step 7 Wait for the Wizard to gather information. This make take up to a minute.
Step 8 In the 1 of 3: Select Ethernet Port Pair dialog, select the gigE1/P (P is your POD#)
interface for MDS9222i-A and MDS9222i-B.

Note We are using the same port (and therefore processor core) for FCIP and the SAN extension
tuner though the cisco documentation states: “Do not use same Gigabit Ethernet interface to
configure virtual N ports and FCIP links—use different Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. While this
is not a requirement, it is recommended as the traffic generated by the virtual N ports may

interfere with the performance of the FCIP link.” – but we do NOT have extra interfaces
available (and it is just a lab anyway)

Step 9 Click Next.

Step 10 Click Yes to create a zone for the SAN Extension Tuner virtual N ports.

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Step 11 Click OK to accept the default Zone Name.

Step 12 In the Edit Local Full Zone Database window select VSAN P0

Step 13 Right-click the Zonesets placeholder and select Insert.

Step 14 Click OK to accept the default Zoneset Name.

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Step 15 Expand the Zonesets folder.

Step 16 Drag the SanExtTuner zone into ZoneSet1.

Step 17 Right-click ZoneSet1 and select Activate .

Step 18 Deselect “Save Running…” and Click “ Continue Activation”.

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Step 19 Wait for the zoneset activation to complete, close the Edit Full Local Zone
Database window.

Step 20 Click Next on the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard screen 1 of 3.

Step 21 On screen 2 of 3, accept the default parameters for Transfer Size, Read I/O and
Write I/O.
Step 22 Select the Use Pattern File check box.
Step 23 Use the Pattern File pull-down menu to select the testfile you created in Step 1.

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Step 24 Click Next on screen 2 of 3 of the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard.

Step 25 Click Start on the 3 of 3: Results screen of the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard.

Note If an Error message “sent failed” shows up: Click cancel to close the Wizard, reopen it, and
repeat the confgiguration (except the zoning of course”.

Step 26 Return to the FCIP Monitor window and observe the Rx and Tx Bytes in the Data
Traffic column.

Step 27 Return to the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard 3 of 3: Results screen.

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Step 28 Click Show.

Note If you wonder about the performance of just about 1 MB/sec ! remember we limited the
FCIP tunnel to 100Mbit/sec?

Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Record the following SAN Extension Tuner metrics.

Egress MBs/sec Ingress MBs/sec Average Read Average Write

Response Time Response Time

Step 2 On either switch display FCNS database.

Step 3 Click Stop.

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Step 4 Click Cancel to exit the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard.

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Task 4: Tune TCP Parameters

In this task, you will tune TCP parameters and observe changes to performance measurements.

Activity Procedure
Complete these step on both switches.
Step 1 From the CLI (use putty to telnet to 10.0.1.1 and 10.0.1.2) or use Device Manager
configure the FCIP profile TCP parameters to optimize the FCIP tunnel:
! Max Bandwidth: 1000 Mb
! Min Bandwidth: 1000 Mb
! Estimated RTT: 48 us
MDS9222i-A# config
Pod#-MDS9148-X -A(config)# fcip profile P
Pod#-MDS9148-X -A(config-profile)# tcp max-bandwidth-mbps 1000
min-available-bandwidth-mbps 1000 round-trip-time-us 48
Pod#-MDS9148-X -A(config-profile)# exit

Note Do not proceed until Step 1 has been completed on both switches.

Step 2 On both switches, simultaneously disable, then enable the fcip P interface.

Pod#-MDS9148-X -A(config)# interface fcip P
Pod#-MDS9148-X -A(config-if)# shutdown
Pod#-MDS9148-X -A(config-if)# no shutdown

Note You can use disable/enable on YOUR gigE1/P interface if you prefer device manager.

Step 3 From the DCNM SAN, Click Rediscover Current Fabric.

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Step 4 Slect VSAN P0 in “Logical Domains” and Click Refresh Map in the DCNM SAN
topology pane.

Step 5 Right-click the FCIP tunnel ISL between POD#-MDS9148-A and POD#-MDS9148-
B.

Step 6 Click SAN Extension Tuner.

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Step 7 Wait for the wizard to gather information. This can take up to a minute.
Step 8 In the 1 of 3: Select Ethernet Port Pair dialog, select YOUR gigE1/P (P is your
Pod#) interface for MDS9222i-A and MDS9222i-B.

Step 9 Click Next on the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard screen 1 of 3.

Step 10 On screen 2 of 3, accept the default parameters for Transfer Size, Read I/O and
Write I/O.
Step 11 Select the Use Pattern File check box.
Step 12 Use the Pattern File pull-down menu to select the testfile if you want to use a
pattern file.

Step 13 Click Next on screen 2 of 3 of the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard.

Step 14 Click Start on the 3 of 3: Results screen of the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard.

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Step 15 Return to the FCIP Monitor window and observe the Rx and Tx Bytes in the Data
Traffic column.

Step 16 Return to the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard 3 of 3: Results screen.

Step 17 Click Show.

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Record the following SAN Extension Tuner metrics.

Egress MBs/sec Ingress MBs/sec Average Read Average Write

Response Time Response Time

Step 2 Click Stop.

Step 3 Click Cancel to exit the SAN Extension Tuner Wizard.

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Task 4: Cleanup
In this task, you prepare your lab for the next exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 Connect to your fabrics (A or B) MDS9222i with device manager. (Make sure you
clean up BOTH MDS9222i are cleaned up)
Step 2 Click the “”FCIP” entry in the IP menu.

Step 3 Select the “Tunnels” tab, select YOUR FCIP Tunnel and click “Delete”

Step 4 Select the “Profiles” tab, select YOUR Profile and click “Delete”

Step 5 Click “Close” to close the FCIP window.

Step 6 Right-click gigEthernet1/P and select “Configure”

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Step 7 Select “IP Addresses”, select your IP address and click ”Delete”.

Step 8 Click Close to close the IPAddress window, click close to close the gigE
configuration window and close Device Manager (don’t save the config)
Step 9 In DCNM SAN in “Logical Domain”, right-click YOUR VSAN(s) and select
“delete VSAN” for ALL VSANs YOU created. (if your VSANs appear “segmented”
delete ALL segments individually)

Step 10 Confirm deletion of your VSAN

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Step 11 If DCNM SAN warns you about that VSAN being in use, also confirm there.

Step 12 Open the “Admin…” dialog from the Server entry in the menu bar

Step 13 Select the “Fabrics” tab.

Step 14 Select your current fabric and click “Remove” to remove the database.

Step 15 Confirm deletion

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Step 16 Dismiss the status dialog.

Step 17 Note there is NO fabric now. This will trigger discovery and allows us to start with a
clean database.

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Optional Lab: Using SPAN and the Cisco Port

Analyzer Adapter
Complete this lab activity to practice what you learned in the related lesson.

Activity Objective
In this activity, you will use the SPAN feature to capture SAN traffic, and decode the output to
verify proper operation of switch ports. After completing this activity, you will be able to meet
these objectives:
! Configure SPAN source and destination port settings
! Create a SPAN session and capture data traffic
! Use Wireshark to analyze the FLOGI, PLOGI, and PRLI processes

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Note ONLY MDS9148-A has a PAA attached. If you share a Pod with another student you have
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Required Resources
These are the resources and equipment required to complete this activity:
! 1 MDS 9000 Series Fibre Channel switch
! 2 Windows management servers with DCNM SAN and Device Manager installed
! Wireshark version 0.99 or later installed on the Windows Servers

Command List
The table describes the commands used in this activity.

Command Description

write erase Deletes the existing startup-configuration.

reload Reboots the switch.

show running Displays the current running-configuration.

interface fcx
y
/ Enters interface sub-config mode for an FC interface.

no shutdown Enables an interface.

switchport mode sd Configures an interface for SD_Port mode.

no switchport encap Configures an SD_Port output for no encapsulation.

switchport speed 1000 Sets an interface speed to 1Gbps.

span session x
Creates a SPAN session with ID x.

destination int fcx

y
/ Sets the destination port for the current SPAN session.

source int fcx

y
/ Sets the source port for the current SPAN session.

show span session Shows configured SPAN sessions.

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Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

In this task, you will use the CLI to complete the initial switch configuration process.

Note If you are working in teams, you can take turns running through this lab exercise or join to
form one team. This lab can only be run on POD#-MDS9148-A. POD#-MDS9148-B does
not play a part in this exercise.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on POD#-MDS9148-A.
Step 1 Open a console session by clicking the blue switch icon in the remote lab GUI.

Note If the switch asks for username and password at this step log in with user “admin” and
password “1234QWer”, erase the configuration and reboot.

Step 2 After the switch reboots, it will automatically launch the setup process. Answer the
questions according to the following example, replacing your pod number and
switch ID where appropriate.

---- System Admin Account Setup ----

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

Confirm the password for "admin": 1234QWer

Caution DO NOT USE ANY OTHER PASSWORD. This may force the lab support management
software to recover passwords and your configuration may be deleted.

--- Basic System Configuration Dialog ---

This setup utility will guide you through the basic configuration of
the system. Setup configures only enough connectivity for management
of the system.
Please register Cisco MDS 9000 Family devices promptly with your
supplier. Failure to register may affect response times for initial
service calls. MDS devices must be registered to receive entitled
support services.
Press Enter at anytime to skip a dialog. Use ctrl-c at anytime to skip
the remaining dialogs.
Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): y
Create another login account (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-only SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Configure read-write SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Enter the switch name: Pod#-MDS9148-A (where # is your pod number; for example:
Pod1-MDS9148-A )
Continue with Out-of-band (mgmt0) management configuration? (yes/no)
[y]: <Enter>

Mgmt0 IPv4 address : <10.0.1.P1 >

(where P is your Pod#)
Mgmt0 IPv4 netmask : 255.255.255.0

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Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Configure advanced IP options? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Enable the ssh service? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Enable the telnet service? (yes/no) [n]: <Yes>
Enable the http-server? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>
Configure clock? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure timezone? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure summertime? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure the ntp server? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default switchport interface state (shut/noshut) [shut]:
<Enter>

Configure default switchport trunk mode (on/off/auto) [on]: <Enter>

Configure default switchport port mode F (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default zone policy (permit/deny) [deny]: <Enter>

Enable full zoneset distribution (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>
Configure default zone mode (basic/enhanced) [basic]: <Enter>

Step 3 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

The following configuration will be applied:

Step 4 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: <Enter>

Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: <Enter>

Step 5 Log in to the console using the username admin and the password 1234QWer
Step 6 Remove the licenses from ports 13-16 and assign a license to port 48.
Pod#-MDS9148-A# conf
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Pod#-MDS9148-A(config)# int fc 1/13-16
Pod#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# no port-license acquire
Pod#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# exit
Pod#-MDS9148-A(config)# int fc 1/48
Pod#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# port-license acquire
Pod#-MDS9148-A(config-if)# end
Pod#-MDS9148-A#

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Task 2: Configure SPAN Ports

In this task, you will configure SPAN source and destination port settings.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on POD#-MDS9148-A.

Step 1 Log in to your Windows management host.

Step 2 Launch Device Manager and log in to your switch (10.0.1.P1) with the username
admin and the password 1234QWer .

Step 3 Right-click port fc1/48 and select Configure from the pop-up menu.

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Note If there is no SFP plugged in, you are probably configuring the wrong switch ;)

Step 4 Configure the port as follows:

! Mode: SD
! Speed: 1Gb
! Status Admin: up
! RateMode: Dedicated
Click Apply.

Step 5 Click Close.

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 Verify that port fc1/48 now shows type SD.

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Task 3: Create a SPAN Session

In this task, you will create a SPAN session and capture data traffic.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps on POD#-MDS9148-A .
Step 1 In Device Manager, select the Interface > SPAN menu item.

Step 2 In the SPAN dialog, click Create....to create a SPAN session.

Step 3 Accept session 1 in the SPAN Session Id field. Click Create, then click Close.

Step 4 Note an SPAN session has been created, but is not yet configured.

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Step 5 In the SPAN dialog, click in the empty field in the Dest Interface column and enter
the SD port number fc1/48.
Step 6 Click Apply.

Step 7 Dismiss the “do you want to make this a SPAN Destination Port” since we already
configured fc1/48 to be SD.
Step 8 In the SPAN dialog, select the Sources tab.
Step 9 Select the Session you just created and click “Edit Interface List”.

Step 10 Click Create.

Step 11 Enter the source interface number fc1/1 in the Interface field, and select receive and
transmit .

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Step 12 Click Create, click Close.

Note You can also click the “ !” Button next to the Interface input box and select the interfaces
from a GUI.

Step 13 Click Close.

Step 14 Select the Sessions tab and verify that your session is administratively active.

Note The session status will not reflect operationally active until there is an active source port.

Note The “operational State” is inactive because NO source ports are up (yet).

Step 15 Click Close to return to the main Device Manager window.

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Activity Verification
Complete the following steps to verify your configuration.
Step 1 From the CLI, display the configured SPAN session.
POD#-MDS9148-B# show span session
Session 1 (inactive as no active sources)
Destination is fc1/48
No session filters configured
Ingress (rx) sources are
fc1/1,
Egress (tx) sources are
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Task 4: Viewing Captured Traff ic

In this task, you will use Wireshark to analyze the FC fabric login (FLOGI) processes.

Activity Procedure
Complete the following steps.
Step 1 Launch the Wireshark GUI by double-clicking the Wireshark icon located on the
desktop of your PC workstation.

Step 2 Click the “Interface List” in the “Capture” column

Step 3 Select “Start” for the Interface with the 10.0.1P.1PS IP address.

Step 4 Type “fc” (lowercase) into the “Filter” Box and click “apply” (we want to see FC
traffic only)

Step 5 Use either the CLI or Device Manager to enable, shut down and then bring up ports
fc1/1 on your MDS switch. This will trigger a Fabric Login etc. on that port.

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Step 6 Notice that traffic is displayed. Wait about 30 seconds and then click Stop in the
toolbar .

Step 7 Select the File | Save as menu item.

Step 8 Double-click the Name field.
Step 9 Type the file name FC_POD#_fc1-1 .

Step 10 Click Save.

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You now have a file that can be opened by Wireshark at any time. Next, create a display filter
to display only FC frames.

Note The Port Analyzer Adapter (PAA) must truncate the frame in order to encapsulate it into an
Ethernet packet. This can cause malformed packets. You may notice some of the packets
are listed as malformed due to the truncation setting on the PAA.

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Task 5 (optional): Analyze Fibre Channel Traffic

Complete the following steps to analyze a FLOGI trace.
Step 1 Select an FLOGI frame.
Step 2 What is the well-known address of the Fabric Login Server? _  ________
Step 3 What port address was assigned by the Fabric during FLOGI? __
_______
Step 4 What OX_ID was used for this exchange? __  _______
Step 5 Click the plus sign next to the “FC ELS” section in the frame detail pane to expand
the ELS section.
Step 6 How many buffer-to-buffer credits does this port allow? __
_______
Step 7 What Classes of Service does this port support? __
_______
Step 8 Complete the following steps to analyze a PLOGI trace.
Step 9 Select a PLOGI frame.
Step 10 Click the plus sign next to the “Fibre Channel” section in the frame detail pane.
Step 11 Click the plus sign next to the “FC ELS” section in the frame detail pane.
Step 12 What is the well-known address of the Directory/Name Server? __
_______
Step 13 What OX_ID was used for this exchange? __  _______
Step 14 What buffer-to-buffer credit method (BBM) does this port use? __  _______
Step 15 What is the maximum number of concurrent sequences that the fabric will support
for this port? __
_______
Step 16 What is the maximum number of concurrent sequences that the fabric will support
for this port in class 2? __  _______
Step 17 What is the maximum number of concurrent sequences that the fabric will support
for this port in class 3? __  _______
Complete the following steps to analyze a PRLI trace.
Step 18 Select a PRLI frame.
Step 19 Click the plus sign next to the “Fibre Channel” section in the frame detail pane.
Step 20 Click the plus sign next to the “FC ELS” section in the frame detail pane.
Step 21 What OX_ID was used for this exchange? __  _______
Step 22 What is the Source address of this frame? __  _______
Step 23 What is the Destination address of this frame? __
_______
Step 24 Examine the output of the FC ELS - Service Parameter page 0, Flags field. What
does the FCP Flag describe?
______________________________________________________________
Step 25 Examine the output of the FC ELS - Service Parameter page 0, Flags field. What
does the FCP Flag describe?
______________________________________________________________
Step 26 What is the Response code contained in the ACC? __
_______

Step 27 Was an image pair established during this exchange? __

_______

Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches (DCMDS) v2.0 Fast Lane Lab Guide 2.0.3 481

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Step 28 On the POD#-MDS9148-B , at the CLI prompt, enter configuration mode and delete
the SPAN session.
POD#-MDS9148-B# config
POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# no span session 1
POD#-MDS9148-B(config)# end

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! Lab 2-1: Initial Setup

Lab 3-3: Configuring Cisco NPV and NPIV .......................................................................... 139

Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration ............................................................................ 206

Task 2: Create Device Aliases ......................................................................................................... 213

Lab 6-1: Configuring AAA Services ..................................................................................... 281

Lab 7-4: Tuning FCIP Performance ...................................................................................... 439

Lab Topology (one Sub-Pod for 2 Students)

./0.1 234 5676869:

Usernames and passwords

Remote lab login _________________ _________________

Server1 administrator 1234QWer

Lab 0: the FastLane Remote Lab

Task 1: FastLane remote lab login

Task 2: FastLane remote lab device management

Task 3: FastLane remote device access

Lab 2-1: Initial Setup

+,- #'!. /0*1,2 34567

write erase Erases the switch startup configuration

reload Reboots the switch

show environment temp Displays the temperature sensors

show environment power Displays the power usage and availability

show module Displays MDS switch modules

show inventory Displays a list of switch components

show hardware Displays MDS hardware components

Task 1: Complete the Initial Switch Configuration

The following message is displayed:

Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no) [y]: y

Enter the password for "admin": 1234QWer < note QW is UPPERCASE

--- Basic System Configuration Dialog ---

Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): y

Configure the default gateway? (yes/no) [y]: <No>

Enable the telnet service? (yes/no) [n]: <Yes>

Configure congestion/no_credit drop for fc interfaces? (yes/no)

Enter the type of drop to configure congestion/no_credit drop?

Enter milliseconds in multiple of 10 for congestion-drop in range [100

Enter mode for congestion/no_credit drop[E/F]: <Enter>

Configure default switchport interface state (shut/noshut) [shut]:

Step 5 A summary of the configuration will be displayed:

Step 6 Press Enter twice to save the configuration.

64 bytes from 10.0.1.1PN: icmp_seq=4 ttl=127 time=0.369 ms

Step 3 Press Ctrl-C to stop the ping command.

Step 4 Check the initial running configuration of your MDS

!Command: show running-config

role name default-role

fcdomain fcid database

Task 2: Examine the MDS Environment

Mod Sw Hw World-Wide-Name(s) (WWN)

Mod MAC-Address(es) Serial-Num

* this terminal session

Step 2 Display the switch inventory.

NAME: "Slot 1", DESCR: "1/2/4/8 Gbps FC/Supervisor-3"

NAME: "Slot 2", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Power

NAME: "Slot 3", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Power

NAME: "Slot 4", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Fan

NAME: "Slot 5", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Fan

NAME: "Slot 6", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Fan

NAME: "Slot 7", DESCR: "MDS 9148 FC (1 Slot) Chassis Fan

PID: , VID: V00

Step 3 Display the MDS hardware components:

Pod#-MDS9148-X# sho hardware

system compile time:

Device name: Pod#-MDS9148-X

Last reset at 516134 usecs after Tue Feb 11 07:57:28 2014

Reason: Reset Requested by CLI command reload

Manufacture Date is Year 15 Week 51

Step 4 Display the switch temperature status.

Step 6 Show the switch power status.

Mod Model Power Power Power Power

Power Usage Summary:

Total Power Capacity 300.00 W

Total Power Allocated (budget) 120.00 W

Lab 2-2: Upgrading Switch Software

Remote lab login _ _