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Chapter 1

Overview

Overview of VSANs, Interfaces, Zones, and Zone Sets

S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m

VSANs and zoning within the MDS 9000 Family of products aid the SAN designer in building secure

and manageable networking environments while optimizing the use and cost of switching hardware.

VSANs are used to divide a redundant physical SAN infrastructure into separate virtual SAN islands,

each with its own set of Fibre Channel fabric services. By each VSAN supporting an independent set of

Fibre Channel services, a VSAN-enabled infrastructure can house numerous applications without

concern for fabric resource or event conflicts between these virtual environments. Once the physical

fabric has been divided, zoning is then used to implement a security layout within each VSAN that is

tuned to the needs of each application within each VSAN.

VSANs are first created as isolated fabrics within a common physical topology. Once VSANs have been

created, individual unique zone sets can then be applied as necessary within each VSAN.

See

Chapter 4, "Configuring VSANs and Interfaces,"

and

Chapter 5, "Configuring Zones and Zone

Sets,"

for details on configuring VSANs, interfaces, zones, and zone sets.

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