About Vsan Creation; Creating Vsans Statically - Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring VSANs
• VSAN name—This text string identifies the VSAN for management purposes. The name can be from
Note A VSAN name must be unique.
• Load-balancing attributes—These attributes indicate the use of the source-destination ID (src-dst-id) or

About VSAN Creation

A VSAN is in the operational state if the VSAN is active and at least one port is up. This state indicates that
traffic can pass through this VSAN. This state cannot be configured.

Creating VSANs Statically

You cannot configure any application-specific parameters for a VSAN before creating the VSAN.
To create VSANs, perform this task:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. switch# configuration terminal
2. switch(config)# vsan database
3. switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id
4. switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id name name
5. switch(config-vsan-db)# vsan vsan-id suspend
6. switch(config-vsan-db)# no vsan vsan-id suspend
7. switch(config-vsan-db)# end
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1 switch# configuration terminal
Step 2 switch(config)# vsan database
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◦ The suspended state of a VSAN indicates that the VSAN is configured but not enabled. If a port
is configured in this VSAN, it is disabled. Use this state to deactivate a VSAN without losing the
VSAN's configuration. All ports in a suspended VSAN are disabled. By suspending a VSAN, you
can preconfigure all the VSAN parameters for the whole fabric and activate the VSAN immediately.
1 to 32 characters long and it must be unique across all VSANs. By default, the VSAN name is a
concatenation of VSAN and a four-digit string representing the VSAN ID. For example, the default
name for VSAN 3 is VSAN0003.
the originator exchange OX ID (src-dst-ox-id, the default) for load-balancing path selection.
Configuring and Managing VSANs
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Configures the database for a VSAN. Application specific
VSAN parameters cannot be configured from this prompt.
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