SAN Switch Cheat Sheet for B-series_M-series_MDS-series

B-Series (Brocade) switches uses both web and CLI, the table below displays some

commons uses but not all the CLI commands.

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

help prints available commands

switchdisabled disable the switch

switchenable enable the switch

portdisable Disable a specified port

portenable Enable a specified port

porterrshow Print port error summary

portname show the portname or you can rename the

portname

portcfgpersistentdisable Persistently disable a port

portcfgpersistentenable Enable a persistently disabled port

licenseadd Adds license keys to switch

licensehelp license commands

licenseshow Displays current license keys

diaghelp diagnostic commands

configure change switch parameters (BB credits, etc)

date Print/set the system date and time

uptime Print how long switch has been up

diagshow POST results since last boot

routehelp routing commands

switchshow display switch show (normally first command to run

to obtain switch configuration)

supportshow prints switch information for debugging purposes

portshow # display port info

nsshow nameserver contents

nsallshow NS for full fabric

fabricshow show fabric membership info

Firmwareshow display firmware versions in the switch

reboot full reboot with POST

switchreboot Halts and restarts the operational switch.

firmwarecommit Commit firmware to stable storage

firmwaredownload Download firmware into switch

firmwaredownloadstatus display the progress and status of

firmwareDownload

firmwarerestore Restore the old firmware in the switch

fabswitchshow display fabric switch state information

errshow print error log

errdump print error log (no page breaks)

fastboot reboot without POST

zonecreate (zone) create a zone

zonecreate "arg1", "arg2"

zoneshow shows defined and effective zones and

configurations

zoneadd adds a member to a zone

zoneadd "arg1", "arg2"

zoneremove removes a member from a zone

zonedelete delete a zone

cfgcreate (zoneset) create a zoneset configuration

cfgclear clears all zoning information (must disable the

effective config first)

cfgadd adds a zone to a zone configuration

cfgshow display the zoning information

cfgenable enable a zone set

cfgsave saves defined config to all switches in fabric across

reboots

cfgremove removes a zone from a zone configuration

cfgdelete deletes a zone from a zone configuration

cfgdisable disables the effective zone set

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B-series creating a zone commands

Tips

In CLI, you can list out the data you want by using these commands.

Example: switchshow |grep hostname

Switchshow |grep zonename

M-Series (Mcdata) switches uses both web GUI and CLI, the table below displays some

commons uses but not all the CLI commands.

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

and "root" .

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

Zoning limits

64 zone sets (max)

2000 zones (max)

1024 zones per zone set (max)

default should all ways be disabled (causes all port to see each other creating

Creating zone by WWN zonecreate "zone1", "10:00:00:e0:69:20:07:10 ;

50:06:04:80:b8:91:c2:ce"

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

saving the zone

configuration cfgsave (this will save across reboots)

enable the zone

configuration cfgenable "FabicName_cfg"

saving the zone

configuration cfgsave

view zoning information zoneshow or cfgshow

commadelim Toggle comma-demlimited display mode

config configure settings

login login into CLI with different access rights

maint maintenance settings

perf Performance statistics

reserved reserved for future development

show display attributes

features configure feature settings

ip configure IP settings

logout logout of the CLI

port configure port data

security configure security settings

snmp configure snmp

switch configure switch data

system configure system data

zoning configure zoning settings

showactive show actively running zoneSet

clearzone clear WWN's in a zone

deletezone remove zone from running config

activezoneset activation of changes

addzone add a new zone to the working area

addwwnmem add a WWN to a zone

showpending show pending zones

renamezone rename a zone

deletewwn delete a WWN from a zone

renamezoneset rename a zone set



ghosts in a FA's login table)

MDS-Series (Cisco) switches uses both web GUI and CLI, the table below displays some

commons uses but not all the CLI commands, the ones highlighted will be the ones used

most often.

EXEC mode commands:

CONFIG mode commands:

attach connect to a specific linecard

bios BIOS related commands

callhome callhome commands

clear reset functions

clock manage the system clock

config enter configuration mode

debug debug functions

discover discover information

exit exit ffrom the submode

fcping Ping a N_Port

fctrace trace a route for a N_Port

load load system image

no disable debugging functions

reload reboot the switch

setup run the basic setup command facility

show display running system information

system system management commands

test test command

write write the current configuration

zone zoning server commands

aaa config aaa

boot configure boot variables

callhome enter the callhome configuration mode

clock configure time and date

fcalias fcalias configuration commands

fcanalyzer configure fabric analyzer

fcc configure FCC congestion control

fcdomain enter the fcdomain configuration mode

fcdroplatency configure switch or network latency

fcflow configure fcflow

fcinterop interop commands

fcns Name server configuration

fcroute configure FC routes

fcs Configure fabric config server

fctimer configure fibre channel timers

fspf configure fspf

interface select an interface to configure

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There are several commands that allow you to navigate through the switch "cd", "copy",

"dir", "find", "mkdir", "move", "rmdir" and "tail".

MDS-series creating a zone

MDS-series common commands

ip configure IP features

no Negate a command or set its default

ntp NTP configuration

power configure power supply

poweroff power off module in switch

qos Configure priority of FC control frames

radius-server configure radius related parameters

role configure roles

snmp-server configure snmp

span enter SPAN configuration mode

ssh configure ssh parameters

switchname configure systems network name

system system config command

trunk configure switch wide trunk protocol

username configure username information

vsan enter the vsan configuration mode

zone zoning configuration commands

zoneset zoneset configuration commands

create a zone and place it

in the vsan # zone name testzone1 vsan 4

add a member (port wwn

example)

# member pwwn 10:00:00:00:c9:21:40:b8 (port on

the host)

add a member (fabric port

wwn example)

# member fwwn 10:01:10:01:10:ab:cd:ef (port on

the switch)

add a member (FCID

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

add a member (FC alias

example) # member fcalias payroll

display logged in WWN,

display vsan information # show flogi database

display the specific vsan

logins # show fcns database vsan 4

activatng a zoneset # zoneset activate name zone1 vsan 4

delete a zoneset # clear zone dataabse vsan 4

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

display zones and zonsets

# show zoneset active

# show zoneset

# show zoneset active vsan 4

copy active zone set to the

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

distribute the full zoning

database to others

switches

# zoneset distribute full vsan 4



Documents

SAN Switch Cheat Sheet for B-series_M-series_MDS-series