In ideal world each port configured on any device would have description on it stating what it is connected to, but that it is not always the case and sometime the cables migh have been moved but descriptions left the same.
To identify what is at the other side of the cable of Cisco MDS switch you can run the following command:
show fcns database detail vsan <vsan id>
This will show all the ports for the vsan. Also you can put a range of vsans. Here are couple examples of the output.
------------------------ VSAN:11 FCID:0x020001 ------------------------ port-wwn (vendor) :20:43:00:0d:ec:b4:dc:80 (Cisco) node-wwn :20:0b:00:0d:ec:b4:dc:81 class :3 node-ip-addr :192.168.104.32 ipa :ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff fc4-types:fc4_features :npv symbolic-port-name :fi6120-B:fc2/3 <== connected to UCS Fabric interconnect port fc2/3 symbolic-node-name :fi6120-B port-type :N port-ip-addr :0.0.0.0 fabric-port-wwn :20:0b:00:0d:ec:c2:62:c0 hard-addr :0x000000 permanent-port-wwn (vendor) :20:43:00:0d:ec:b4:dc:80 (Cisco) Connected Interface :fc1/11 <==MDS fc port Switch Name (IP address) :mds9509B (192.168.101.21)
------------------------ VSAN:11 FCID:0x020006 ------------------------ port-wwn (vendor) :21:00:00:24:ff:32:bd:5f node-wwn :20:00:00:24:ff:32:bd:5f class :3 node-ip-addr :0.0.0.0 ipa :ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff fc4-types:fc4_features :scsi-fcp:init symbolic-port-name : symbolic-node-name :QLE2462 FW:v5.06.02 DVR:v911.k1.1-19vmw <== connected directly to Qlogic HBA that is running VMware drivers v911.k1.1-19vmw port-type :N port-ip-addr :0.0.0.0 fabric-port-wwn :20:4d:00:0d:ec:c2:62:c0 hard-addr :0x000000 permanent-port-wwn (vendor) :21:00:00:24:ff:32:bd:5f Connected Interface :fc2/13 <==MDS fc port Switch Name (IP address) :mds9509B (192.168.101.21)
------------------------ VSAN:11 FCID:0x02000b ------------------------ port-wwn (vendor) :50:00:09:74:08:0e:79:5c (EMC) node-wwn :50:00:09:74:08:0e:78:00 class :3 node-ip-addr :0.0.0.0 ipa :ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff fc4-types:fc4_features :scsi-fcp:target 253 symbolic-port-name :SYMMETRIX::000292600926::SAF- 8fA::FC::5876_159+::EMUL B80F0000 3F89624E 914B24 02.28.13 13:42 <==Connected to EMC VMax array(code level 5876_159) port 8fA symbolic-node-name :SYMMETRIX::000292600926::FC::5876_159+ port-type :N port-ip-addr :0.0.0.0 fabric-port-wwn :20:42:00:0d:ec:c2:62:c0 hard-addr :0x000000 permanent-port-wwn (vendor) :50:00:09:74:08:0e:79:5c (EMC) Connected Interface :fc2/2 <==MDS fc port Switch Name (IP address) :mds9509B (192.168.101.21)
If you wan to look at specific port only then first you need to get FCID for this port:
show interface fc2/2
mds9509B# sh interface fc2/2
fc2/2 is up
Port description is Vmax_D9/F0
Hardware is Fibre Channel, SFP is short wave laser w/o OFC (SN)
Port WWN is 20:42:00:0d:ec:c2:62:c0
Admin port mode is F, trunk mode is off
snmp link state traps are enabled
Port mode is F, FCID is 0x02000b <== FCID
Port vsan is 11
Speed is 4 Gbps
Rate mode is shared
Transmit B2B Credit is 20
Receive B2B Credit is 16
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
77 frames input, 5008 bytes
0 discards, 0 errors
0 CRC, 0 unknown class
0 too long, 0 too short
61 frames output, 3828 bytes
0 discards, 0 errors
9 input OLS, 9 LRR, 0 NOS, 4 loop inits
9 output OLS, 9 LRR, 8 NOS, 7 loop inits
16 receive B2B credit remaining
20 transmit B2B credit remaining
20 low priority transmit B2B credit remaining
Interface last changed at Wed May 1 19:10:57 2013
Now type:
sh fcns database fcid <fcid> detail vsan <vsan id>
This will give output for this specific port.
