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SAN Zoning in a Fancy Way

SAN Configuration is a time-consuming job.

SAN zone configuration for one server lasted 1 hour or so. Now I will show you how it takes approximately 2 minutes including connecting :)

I used FOS CLI and excel to create SAN zoning configuration scripts. I strongly recommend, instead of using the excel directly on your production environment, first test it in another environment. Since excel produces every SAN zoning possibilities, rule count can cause performance issues. In my production environment 3000 zone configurations are working perfectly well, but I didn't test in over 3000 zone configurations.

Now, let's focus on the excel! You can download generalized excel from here

You can see every SAN Switch and Storage combination has a tab at the bottom.


There are 4 things to focus on, first one is the static data needed one time! This data is written in RED

Please write down the aliases of Storage WWPN aliases (since tabs differ with storage data) and SAN Switch name (again tabs differ with SAN switches) in every tab.

The second point to focus on is naming standards. Please reshape the calculated fields according to your naming standard IN EVERY TAB. This data is written in RED BACKGROUND


The third one is connection variables - WWPN's and Asset Name (Most probably server name) which are written in YELLOW BACKGROUND. Change this information JUST IN THE FIRST TAB. You should fill these fields every time you need a SAN Zoning configuration.

Now you can finish everything in seconds. Just copy the GREEN BACKGROUNDed cells and paste them in the FOS CLI! That's all.

Have fun with your newly saved 1 person/hours per zoning (It's 10 person/days per year for me)






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